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I come, and go, and come. When Righteousness
KrishnaBhagavad Gita · Chapter 4
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Karma Yoga
Path of Action · Chapter 4 of 18
Krishna reveals that this teaching is ancient — he taught it to the sun god at the dawn of time. Arjuna asks how this is possible. Krishna reveals his divine nature: he is born by his own will, age after age, to restore dharma and protect the good.
Why This Matters
The doctrine of the avatara: God incarnates whenever righteousness declines. Foundation of Hindu theology and Vaishnavism.
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An Illustration to the Razmnama
Mughal court painter (Razmnama workshop), 1598 · Public Domain