Shloka 6
ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga
Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint
सम्बन्ध-- भगवान्के मुखसे यह बात सुनकर कि अबतक मेरे बहुत-से जन्म हो चुके हैं. यह जाननेकी इच्छा होती है कि आपका जन्म किस प्रकार होता है और आपके जन्ममें तथा अन्य लोगोंके जन्ममें क्या भेद है। अतएव इस बातको समझानेके लिये भगवान् अपने जन्मका तत्त्व बतलाते हैं-- अजोऊ5पि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्व॒रोडपि सन् । प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय सम्भवाम्यात्ममाययाएें
arjuna uvāca — ajo 'pi sann avyayātmā bhūtānām īśvaro 'pi san | prakṛtiṁ svām adhiṣṭhāya sambhavāmy ātma-māyayā ||
世尊说：“我虽无生、体性不坏，亦为一切众生之主；然而依我自有的本源自然（Prakṛti），以我自身的瑜伽幻力（Yogamāyā）而示现于世。”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Lord is unborn and imperishable, yet He manifests by His own will through His own power (ātma-māyā), presiding over His prakṛti. Divine appearance is not forced by karma; it is a sovereign, purposeful manifestation connected with sustaining dharma.
Arjuna, hearing that the Lord has had many manifestations, seeks to understand how the Lord can be ‘born’ at all. This verse frames the explanation: the Lord’s ‘birth’ is a self-manifestation under His control, unlike ordinary beings who take birth under the compulsion of karma and nature.