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Lessons from Bhagavad Gita -  Swami Datta Pada Renu

Everyone is born as a result of his past Karma. But an incarnation of God is not subject to Karma. The Lord incarnates by His own will for the redemption of the world. Such a divine manifestation is not limited by time, space or nationality. He is the master of the whole world and not a slave to it like ordinary mortals. Of course, he may live or appear like an ordinary human being; still He is not on the human plane.

But foolish people who lack discrimination cannot understand this truth. They disregard the Lord, who has taken a human body, as no more than an ordinary mortal. Not knowing His higher nature as the Supreme Self, they attribute to Him births and deaths and earthly fortunes. As a result of continuously disrespecting the Lord, these people go to ruin.

The real state of the Lord’s incarnation is transcendent. His personality is above all attributes. He is the great Lord of all beings. He is eternal and one without a second. "Futile are their desires, futile their actions, futile their knowledge; they are senseless for they have resorted to the delusive nature of monsters and demons." (12 – IX)

© `Bhakti Mala’ (January 2001) published by Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Ashrama, Datta Nagar, Mysore 570 004. Website: www.dattapeetham.com. Reprinted with permission.

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