Ome, Vasudeva,

soam-devum,

Kamsachanuram Ardana,

Devaki, Paramanandandam,

Krishna, Vande, Jagad Gurum.

So we are also studying the fourth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita.

And at the beginning of this chapter, Sri Krishna was saying that this is an ancient thing which I have taught you

in two earlier chapters, second and third chapters, this Gana Yoga and Karma Yoga, the way of knowledge, the way of unselfish action.

And he also reveals that he is an incarnation.

So this is the first time we see him as an incarnation of God and as an avatar.

So there are a few verses, famous verses about what is an incarnation,

how is this incarnation different from the rest of us.

Though he appears to be a human being, he is not a human being, he is a God in human form,

and then he explains how he comes to be born because of his own, out of his own independence with a mission, not like us because we are born

due to our karma. We are caught in the cycle of causality, whereas God is independent of causality. In fact,

causality is the power, the Maya of God. We come here to exhaust the effects of our karma, we generate new karma, and the whole

goal is ultimately to attain enlightenment. But incarnation of God, like Krishna, is not here for that.

It does not have any past karma to exhaust, nor is enlightenment a goal because he's ever enlightened

about his own nature. So the goal of the

mission of an avatar is establishment of religion, of true religion, spirituality, of helping the good,

overcoming the wicked, and so on. Now, what use is this to the seekers of enlightenment?

So we are spiritual seekers.

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