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Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya
Chapter-4 Jñāna Vibhāga Yogaḥ
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Arjuna had heard repeatedly from Bhīṣma and others during Yudhiṣṭhira's Rājasūya sacrifice [1] that— 'Krishna alone is the cause of creation and submergence of all the worlds This universe, consisting of things both animate and inanimate, was created for the sake of Krishna [2]. 'For the sake of Krishna' means that the entire universe is subservient to, and dependant for its existence on Krishna. This apparent contradiction may be resolved as follows; — Arjuna surely knows that Krishna the son of Vasudeva is the Supreme Being. Though knowing Him as such, he questions as if he did not know Him. The reasoning was this; the Lord of all is absolutely pure and totally auspicious and omniscient, His resolve is perfect and His desires fulfilled — can the birth of such a Being be of the same nature as that of the gods, humans etc., who are subject to Karma? Or is it false like the illusions of a magical show? Or could it be real? If His birth is real, what is the manner of His birth? What is His body composed of? What is the cause of His birth? What is the purpose of the Incarnation ? The way in which Sri Krishna answers Arjuna's question, justifies the construing of the question in this way. |
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