Commentary on the Srimad Bhagavad Gita- Discourse- 9.2. - Swami Krishnananda.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, June 1,2021.7:09. PM. Chapter - 9. The Fourth Chapter Continues: The Performance of Action as a Sacrifice - 2. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avataras of God, incarnations of God, are supposed to be a perpetual occurrenceānot something that took place centuries back and something that will take place later on, after another few centuries. It is a perpetual occurrence, like the rays of the sun perpetually falling on the earth. There is a perpetual inundation of the earth by the light of the sun, day in and day out, somewhere or the other. So, in many ways, the coming of God into this world is an avatara for, without this, we would not be able to walk on this earth. We would not be able to lift a finger; we would not be able to digest our food; our lungs would not function; our hearts would not function; our breath would not b...