The man passing through this stage does not do his duty even though he knows it. When there is predominance of ignorance and abundance of lethargy, slumber and procrastination, that is the stage of the Kaliyug of dharm.
On the other hand, when the forces of darkness (tamas), combined with passion and moral blindness (rajas), are sweeping through, when there are animosities and conflicts all around, the worshiper is passing through the Iron Age (Kaliyug). When virtue and moral goodness (sattwa) alone are active in the heart, when passion and ignorance have subsided, when all fears are stilled, when there is no feeling of repulsion, when there is the necessary strength to rest firmly on the signals that are received from the desired goal, when the mind is overflowing with happiness-then alone is one enabled to enter into the Golden Age. Inspired by God, this knowledge is the one which makes the heart a veritable dwelling of God.īut how can one know through which Stage one is passing at the moment? This is what has been named atm-maya by Lord Krishn. The stages of dharm undergo variation in every heart at all times, not because of ignorance but because of the operation of the divine power of maya. Goswami Tulsidas has written about it in Ram Charit Manas: These are stages of dharm and the human heart has to progress through them. It rather alludes to the stages of rise and fall, of the waxing and waning, of dharm through which human nature has to pass. “Age”, as used by Sri Krishn here, does not refer to historical ages like the Golden Age (Satyug) or the Iron Age (Kaliyug). Lord Krishn assumes a manifest form from age to age to destroy impediments that obstruct the smooth flow of righteous impulses such as wisdom, renunciation and restraint, as also to annihilate the demoniacal forces of passion, anger, attachment and repugnance, and to reinforce dharm. He, the adored, is the one God after attaining whom there is nothing else to contemplate. God manifests himself as a saviour of saintly men. “I manifest myself from age to age to defend the pious,ĭestroy the wicked, and strengthen dharm.” God’s incarnation comes about only within the heart of a blessed worshiper. When despairing tears flow from the eyes of loving worshipers because of their overpowering feeling of helplessness at their inability to steer across unrighteousness, God begins to mould his form into a manifest shape.īut that also implies that God manifests himself to only loving worshipers and only for their well-being. Goswami Tulsidas has written of his grief-laden heart because his life had passed without contemplation of God. Such a feeling of weariness had come to Manu.
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Sri Krishn tells the devout Arjun that when hearts fall into inertia in regard to the Supreme Spirit, the most sublime dharm, and when the pious are unable to see how to cross safely to the other bank, he begins to shape his form in order to manifest himself. “Whenever, O Bharat, righteousness (dharm) declines It is only by gradual stages that he controls his three-propertied nature by the exercise of yog-maya and manifests himself.īut what are the circumstances of such manifestation? We will find this in next verse of Bhagavad Gita which is well quoted and known through out the entire globe. According to Lord Krishn, however, there is no such incarnation as may be seen by others. People usually say that they will have a vision of God when he manifests himself through an incarnation. It is by the operation of this yog-maya that Lord Krishn subdues his three-propertied nature and manifests himself. This is the maya of Self that provides access to the Soul and leads to awareness of the Supreme Spirit. The other maya is that which Lord Krishn calls yog-maya, of which we are unaware. One kind of maya is the moral ignorance that makes one accept the reality of the material world, and which is the cause of rebirth in low and inferior forms.
Sri Krishn is imperishable, birthless, and pervading the breath of all beings, but he is manifested when he restrains materialistic attachments by atm-maya. I manifest myself subduing the materialistic world of nature
“Although imperishable, birthless, and God of all beings, Arjun has thought Lord Krishn to be a mortal like him. If there is even the slightest flaw, he has to undergo another birth. Therefore, they who preach that death of the physical body brings liberation offer, but, a false consolation.Ī Soul realizes the ultimate essence while he is yet in his assumed human body. He is birthless, hidden, and eternal, and yet he is born with a human body. Lord Krishn’s manifestation cannot be seen with physical eyes. Attainment of the Self is distinct from attainment of a body.
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