Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

    Verse 6

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 4, Verse 6

    अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन्। प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय संभवाम्यात्ममायया।।4.6।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    ajo ’pi sannavyayātmā bhūtānām īśhvaro ’pi san prakṛitiṁ svām adhiṣhṭhāya sambhavāmyātma-māyayā

    Translation

    Though I am birthless and of immutable nature, and the Lord of all beings, yet by employing My own Nature (Prakrti), I am born out of My own free will.
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