Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa YogaAdhyaay 4, Shloka 6 (4.6)
Mool Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन्
प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय सम्भवाम्यात्ममायया
॥ 4.6 ॥
ajo'pi sannavyayātmā bhūtānāmīśvaro'pi san
prakṛtiṃ svāmadhiṣṭhāya sambhavāmyātmamāyayā
Anuvaad
"Main ajanma, avinaashi-svaroop aur sab praaniyon ka Ishvara hote hue bhi, apni prakriti ko adheen karke, apni maaya (sankalp-shakti) se prakat hota hoon."
Bhaavaarth
Teen "hote hue bhi". Aja (ajanma), avyayātmā (avinaashi), bhūtānām īśvaraḥ (sabke swaami) — hote hue bhi janm. Yahi avataar ka rahasya hai: janm ke saath bhi Ishvara-svaroop nahin chhoot-ta.
Shankaracharya — "jaise janma ho". Prakṛtiṃ svāṃ mama vaiṣṇavīṃ māyāṃ triguṇātmikām … adhiṣṭhāya vaśīkṛtya — apni vaishnavi, trigunaatmika maaya ko, jiske vash mein sab jagat hai aur jisse moodh hokar log apne aatma Vaasudeva ko nahin jaante, use vash mein karke — sambhavāmi dehavān iva bhavāmi jāta iva ātma-māyayā, na paramārthato lokavat — main maano shareer-dhaari hota hoon, maano janma ho, apni maaya se — saadhaaran logon ki tarah vaastavik roop se nahin.
Aacharya Ramanuja — satya janm, divya roop. Ajatvāvyayatva-sarveśvaratvādi-sarvaṃ pārameśvaraṃ prakāram ajahad eva — ajanma, avinaashi, sarveshvar hone ka apna sab Parameshvar-svabhaav chhode bina; svāṃ prakṛtim = svabhāva — apne svabhaav mein sthit hokar, svena eva rūpeṇa svecchayā sambhavāmi — apne hi roop se, apni ichchha se janm leta hoon. Woh roop kaisa? Ramanuja anek shrutiyon se batate hain — ādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt (surya ke varn wala, andhkaar se pare) aadi — yaani divya, apraakrit roop. Ātma-māyayā = apne gyaan/sankalp se. Aur woh Yajurveda ka vaakya dete hain: ajāyamāno bahudhā vijāyate — janm na lete hue bhi anek prakaar se janmta hai — yaani saadhaaran janm nahin karta, apne sankalp se devta-manushya aadi roop mein prakat hota hai.