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Chapter 4<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 4 verse 5<\/a><\/p>\n Simple<\/a><\/p>\n ajo \u2019pi sann avyay\u0101tm\u0101 ‘Birthless, and of nature Imperishable, and Lord of all beings, yet do I establish Myself in my own Prak\u1e5biti (matter), and will (m\u0101y\u0101) Myself to be born.’<\/span><\/p>\n Never divesting Myself of My essential attributes of Suzerainty, that of being Birthless, of being Exhaustless (avyaya<\/em>), of being the Lord of all, et cetera<\/em>, I go into birth, of My own free choice, by planting Myself in My own native (material) nature.<\/span><\/p>\n Prak\u1e5biti<\/em>=substance literally, or the material part of My nature, or nature itself.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018I enter into My own nature, take on My own form, and with My own free-choice, I take on births.\u2019 This is the purport.<\/span><\/p>\n The forms or shapes in which I make Myself visible are such as are described in such \u015aruti passages as:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Him, Who is of Sun-color, Who is beyond tamas<\/em> (darkness).\u2019[1. \u0100ditya var\u1e47am tamasa\u1e25 parast\u0101t. Svet: Up: III-8<\/em>.]<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Him, Who dwells beyond rajas<\/em> (matter)\u2019[2. \u2018Kshayantam asya rajasa\u1e25-pa-r\u0101ke. Tait: Samh. II-2-12.<\/em>]<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018He, the Spirit in the interior of the sun, of golden hue.\u2019[3. \u2018Ya esho ntar-\u0101ditye hiranmaya\u1e25 Purusha\u1e25.’ Chh: Up\u00b0 1-66<\/em>.]<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018That Spirit in it (the heart), Who is mind-pervaded (i.e., Whom a cleansed mind perceives), the Immortal, the Golden.\u2019[4. \u2018Tasminn-ayam Purusho manomayah, am\u1e5bito hira\u1e47maya\u1e25.\u2019 Tait: Up: 1-6-1<\/em>.]<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018All the unwinking (devas<\/em>), (or the winking=man etc.,) sprang from the lightning-like Spirit.\u2019[5. \u2018Sarvenimesh\u0101 jaj\u00f1ire vidyuta\u1e25 purush\u0101d-adhi.\u2019, Tait: N\u0101r\u0101.<\/em> I-1-8.]<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018He of resplendent Form, the Firm-resolved, and Subtile-souled like space (\u0101k\u0101\u015ba).\u2019[6. \u2018Bh\u0101r\u016bpas sattya-sa\u00f1kalpa \u0101k\u0101\u015b-\u0100tm\u0101\u2019. Chh: Up: III-14-2<\/em>.]<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018He is All-act, All-desire, All-odour, All-taste.\u2019[7. \u2018Sarva-karm\u0101 Sarva-k\u0101mas Sarva-gandhas Sarva-rasa\u1e25\u2019. Chh: Up: III-14-2<\/em>.]<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Whose raiment is gold-colored.\u2019[8. \u2018M\u0101h\u0101rajanam v\u0101sa\u1e25.\u2019 B\u1e5bi: Up: IV-3-6<\/em>.] etc., etc. <\/span><\/p>\n \u0100tma-m\u0101y\u0101<\/em>=\u0100tmiyay\u0101 m\u0101yay\u0101<\/em>=By My own native M\u0101y\u0101<\/em> or will (or will-power).[9. \u2018Sarva-karm\u0101 Sarva-k\u0101mas Sarva-gandhas Sarva-rasa\u1e25\u2019. Chh: Up: III-14-2<\/em>.]<\/span><\/p>\n M\u0101y\u0101<\/em> meaning will, knowledge, consciousness, intelligence or understanding is from the authority:\u2014 \u2018M\u0101y\u0101 vayunam j\u00f1\u0101nam\u2019 (nighant<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n Famous authors have used m\u0101y\u0101<\/em> in the above sense, as for example:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018By His intelligence (or omniscience=m\u0101y\u0101<\/em>), He knows the \u2018goods\u2019 and \u2018bads\u2019 of His creatures.\u2019[10. \u2018M\u0101yay\u0101 satatam vetti pr\u0101n. in\u0101ncha\u015bubh\u0101\u015bubham\u2019. Also consult Bhagavad-vishaya<\/em> Vol. Ill, p. 1264. Also See Ved\u0101nta-Tatva-S\u0101ra<\/em> (Benares Edition) on M\u0101y\u0101<\/em> and \u015a\u0101ndilya S\u016btras<\/em>.]<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018By My intelligence\u2019 or \u2018by My knowledge\u2019, means : \u2018by My will<\/em> (sankalpa<\/em>=resolve).<\/span><\/p>\n By My (free)-will, thus, I am born, but not laying aside My essential (godly) attributes of, viz;<\/em> the being evil-Opposed, the being the Abode of Glorious Perfections, the being the Lord of all, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n I take on forms as pertain to the devas<\/em> (celestial beings), man (terrestrial creatures), and so on and manifest Myself as if I were of their nature, by My own free choice. It is this that is voiced in the \u015aruti:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Being Unborn, He is (yet) born Multiform.,\u2019[11. Aj\u0101yam\u0101no bahudh\u0101 vij\u0101yate\u2019. (Tait: \u0100ran: III-13<\/em>).] etc., meaning that Isvara incarnates in manifold ways as like the devas, like man etc., \u2014only so far is He in common with His creatures. As for taking birth it is, in His case, by free-will, whereas in the case of the creatures, it is impelled by karma<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n In declaring this sense, the previous verse, viz<\/em>; \u2018 Many births have past for Me; for thee also, Arjuna!. I remember them all etc.\u2019 (iv-5<\/a>), and the following verses viz<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Then do I create Myself.\u2019 (iv-7<\/a>);<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Whoso understandeth rightly, thus, My births and Works etc.\u2019 (iv-9<\/a>),\u2014are one in agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n The times of the Avat\u0101ras are now indicated:-<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 4 verse 7<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 5 Simple ajo \u2019pi sann avyay\u0101tm\u0101 bh\u016bt\u0101n\u0101m \u012b\u015bvaro \u2019pi san prak\u1e5bti\u1e41 sv\u0101m adhi\u1e63\u1e6dh\u0101ya sambhav\u0101my \u0101tma-m\u0101yay\u0101 ‘Birthless, and of nature Imperishable, and Lord of all beings, yet do I establish Myself in my own Prak\u1e5biti (matter), and will (m\u0101y\u0101) Myself … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-4","category-original"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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