Verse 7.24
Speaker: Krishna
Sanskrit
अव्यक्तं व्यक्तिमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः | परं भावमजानन्तो ममाव्ययमनुत्तमम् ||२४||
Transliteration (IAST)
avyaktaṁ vyaktimāpannaṁ manyante māmabuddhayaḥ | paraṁ bhāvamajānanto mamāvyayamanuttamam ||24||
Word-by-Word Meanings
अव्यक्तम्-the unmanifest
व्यक्तिम्-manifestation
आपन्नम्-having assumed
अबुद्धयः-the unintelligent
परम्-supreme
भावम्-nature
अव्ययम्-imperishable
अनुत्तमम्-unsurpassed
Translation
The unintelligent think of Me, the unmanifest, as having come into manifestation, not knowing My supreme nature which is imperishable and unsurpassed.
Commentary
Krishna addresses a common misunderstanding - that His incarnation means He is limited by a material body. The ignorant mistake the eternal, unmanifest Divine for a temporary manifestation. Shankaracharya explains this as the error of reducing the infinite to the finite through limited understanding.
Themes
jnanabhakti