Bhagavad Gita 9.11

Krishna speaks here with profound tenderness about a truth that pierces the veil of illusion: when the Divine takes human form, the spiritually asleep dismiss it as mere flesh, unable to perceive the infinite consciousness animating that body. They see only the costume, never the actor; they measure divinity by human standards and find it wanting.

Yet this blindness is not condemnation—it is the natural outcome of ignorance, and Krishna's teaching itself is the lamp that dispels it. When you encounter wisdom or truth in an ordinary vessel—a teacher, a scripture, a moment of grace—pause before dismissing it; the container may be humble, but what it carries may transform your entire existence.