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Chapter 4 · Verse 6 · Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 4.6

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Sanskrit

अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन्। प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय संभवाम्यात्ममायया।।4.6।।

Transliteration

ajo ’pi sannavyayātmā bhūtānām īśhvaro ’pi san prakṛitiṁ svām adhiṣhṭhāya sambhavāmyātma-māyayā

Word by Word

ajaḥ unborn
api although
san being so
avyaya ātmā Imperishable nature
bhūtānām of (all) beings
īśhvaraḥ the Lord
api although
san being
prakṛitim nature
svām of myself
adhiṣhṭhāya situated
sambhavāmi I manifest
ātma-māyayā by my Yogmaya power
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals the paradox that pierces all seeking: He is eternally unborn, the imperishable Self within all beings, the Lord of creation—yet He descends voluntarily through His own divine power, not bound by necessity but moved by compassion. This is the mystery of avatar: the infinite choosing limitation not out of ignorance, but out of love.

When you recognize that the divine moves through apparent weakness and ordinariness, you stop waiting for enlightenment to arrive in thunder—you begin seeing it already present in the gentle, chosen constraints of your own life.

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Bhagavad Gita 4.6 — BG 4.6

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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