80. Protecting Holiness
J ust as a rotating wheel needs a stationary or changeless axle to rotate, the ever-changing manifested physical world needs the calm and changeless unmanifested entity to sustain its existence. Krishna, the supreme Lord, presently in a manifested form explains why and how the unmanifested sometimes needs to take the manifested form. Krishna says, “I am unborn, eternal and Lord of beings. Presiding over my prakriti (cosmic nature), I embody myself by self-evolved maya ” (4.6). This verse is difficult to visualize. For the sake of understanding, if we take maya as the evolution of life, it brings clarity to how the unmanifest becomes manifest. For example, if vision is taken as unmanifested, it took the shape of the eye which is manifested through the process of evolution. Krishna further says, “Whenever there is decline of dharma and rise of adharma , then I manifest myself (4.7) - For the protection of sadhu (virtuous), for the destruction of the dusht (wicked) a...