Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 4.6
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 4.6 · 4 · Verse 6
Sanskrit Original
।।4.6।। अजोऽपि जन्मरहितोऽपि सन् तथा अव्ययात्मा अक्षीणज्ञानशक्तिस्वभावोऽपि सन् तथा भूतानां ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तानाम् ईश्वरः ईशनशीलोऽपि सन् प्रकृतिं स्वां मम वैष्णवीं मायां त्रिगुणात्मिकाम् यस्या वशे सर्वं जगत् वर्तते यया मोहितं सत् स्वमात्मानं वासुदेवं न जानाति तां प्रकृतिं स्वाम् अधिष्ठाय वशीकृत्य संभवामि देहवानिव भवामि जात इव आत्ममायया आत्मनः मायया न परमार्थतो लोकवत्।।तच्च जन्म कदा किमर्थं च इत्युच्यते
4.6 Api, san ajah, though I am birthless; and avyayatma, undecaying by nature, though I am naturally possessed of an undiminishing power of Knowledge; and so also api san, though; isvarah, the Lord, natural Ruler; bhutanam, of beings, from Brahma to a clump of grass; (still) adhisthaya, by subjugating; svam, My own; prakrtim, Prakrti, the Maya of Visnu consisting of the three gunas, under whose; spell the whole world exists, and deluded by which one does not know one's own Self, Vasudeva;-by subjugating that Prakrti of Mine, sambhavami, I take birth, appear to become embodeid, as though born; atma-mayaya, by means of My own Maya; but not in reality like an ordinary man. It is being stated when and why that birth occurs: