Bhagavad-gita As It Is [Ch. 4]TEXT 7

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is [Ch. 4]TEXT 7

 

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TEXT 7

 

Transcendental Knowledge

 

yada yada hi dharmasya

glanir bhavati bharata

abhyutthanam adharmasya

tadatmanaim srjamyaham

 

yada—whenever; yada—wherever; hi—certainly; dharmasya— of religion;

glanih—discrepancies; bhavati—manifested, becomes; bharata—-O descen­

dant of Bharata; abhyu tt hanam— predominance; adharmasya— of

irreligion; tada— at that time; atmanam—self; srjami—manifest; aham—I.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, 0

descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that

time I descend Myself.

 

PURPORT

 

The word srjami is significant herein. Srjami cannot be used in the

Sense of creation, because, according to the previous verse, there is

no creation of the Lord's form or body, since all of the forms are

eternally existent. Therefore, srjami means that the Lord manifests

Himself as He is. Although the Lord appears on schedule, namely at

the end of Dvapara-yuga of the twenty-eighth millennium of the eighth

Manu, in one day of Brahma, still He has no obligation to adhere to

such rules and regulations because He is completely free to act in

many ways at His will. He therefore appears by His own will whenever

there is a predominance of irreligiosity and a disappearance of true

religion. Principles of religion are laid down in the Vedas, and any

discrepancy in the matter of properly executing the rules of the

Vedas makes one irreligious. In the Bhagavatam it is stated that such

principles are the laws of the Lord. Only the Lord can manufacture a

system of religion. The Vedas are also accepted as originally spoken

by the Lord Himself to Brahma, from within his heart. Therefore, the

principles of dharma, or religion, are the direct orders of the

Supreme Personality of Godhead (dharmam tu saksat-bhagavat-pranitam)

These principles are clearly indicated throughout the Bhagavad-gita.

The purpose of the Vedas is to establish such principles under the

order of the Supreme Lord, and the Lord directly orders, at the end

of the Gita, that the highest principle of religion is to surrender

unto Him only, and nothing more. The Vedic principles push one

towards complete surrender unto Him; and, whenever such principles

are disturbed by the demonic, the Lord appears. From the Bhagavatam

we understand that Lord Buddha is the incarnation of Krsna who

appeared when materialism was rampant and materialists were using the

pretext of the authority of the Vedas. Although there are certain

restrictive rules and regulations regard­ing animal sacrifice for

particular purposes in the Vedas, people of demonic tendency still

took to animal sacrifice without reference to the Vedic principles.

Lord Buddha appeared to stop this nonsense and to establish the Vedic

principles of nonviolence. Therefore each and every avatara, or

incarnation of the Lord, has a particular mission, and they are all

described in the revealed scriptures. No one should be accepted as an

avatara unless he is referred to by scriptures. It is not a fact that

the Lord appears only on Indian soil. He can advent Himself anywhere

and every­where, and whenever He desires to appear. In each and every

incarnation, He speaks as much about religion as can be understood by

the particular people under their particular circumstances. But the

mission is the same— to lead people to God consciousness and

obedience to the principles of religion. Sometimes He descends

personally, and sometimes He sends His bona fide representative in

the form of His son, or servant, or Himself in some disguised form.

The principles of the Bhagavad-gita were spoken to Arjuna, and, for

that matter, to other highly elevated persons, because he was highly

advanced compared to ordinary persons in other parts of the world.

Two plus two equals four is a mathematical principle that is true

both in the beginner's arithmetic class and in the advanced class as

well. Still, there are higher and lower mathematics. In all

incarnations of the Lord, therefore, the same principles are taught,

but they appear to be higher and lower in varied circumstances. The

higher principles of religion begin with the acceptance of the four

orders and the four statuses of social life, as will be explained

later. The whole purpose of the mission of incarnations is to arouse

Krsna consciousness everywhere. Such consciousness is manifest and

nonmanifest only under different circumstances.

 

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