Text 249] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 137
the Lord. We should not consider them to belong to this material world. As stated
in Bhagavad-gita:
avajananti mar madha
mdanusim tanum asritam
param bhavam ajananto
mama bhata-mahesvaram
“Fools deride Me when | descend in the human form. They do not know My tran-
scendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be.” (Bg. 9.11)
Avataras descend of their own free will, and although they may act like ordinary
human beings, they do not belong to this material world. Lord Krsna and His
avatdras can be understood only by the grace of the Lord.
ndyam dtmda pravacanena labhyo
na medhaya na bahund srutena
yam evaisa vrnute tena labhyas
tasyaisa atma vivrnute tandm svam
(Katha Upanisad 1.2.23)
athapi te deva padambuja-dvaya-
prasada-lesanugrhita eva hi
janati tattvarn bhagavan-mahimno
na canya eko ‘pi ciram vicinvan
(Bhag. 10.14.29)
TEXT 249
HIwt a VACA A Zea: AGhacy fasts |
AMA Aas Pals AAAs Ws AVA Wea I
avatara hy asankhyeya
hareh sattva-nidher dvijah
yatha ‘vidasinah kulyah
sarasah syuh sahasrasah
SYNONYMS
avatdrah —all the incarnations; hi—certainly; asankhyeyah—beyond counting;
hareh—from the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sattva-nidheh—who is the
