Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 - Jnana Vignana Yoga - Sloka 24

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The Characteristics of Iswara 24-26

1 Gita Sloka  every day - Chapter 7 - Jnana Vignana Yoga - Sloka 24

Avyakatam vyaktimapannam manyate mam abuddhayah I

Param bhavam ajanantah mama avyayam anuttamam II sloka 24

अव्यक्तं व्यक्तिमापन्नं मन्यन्ते माम अबुद्धयः ।
परम् भावम् अजानन्तः  मम अव्ययं अनुत्तमं ।। श्लोक २४

Men of poor understanding think of Me, the unmanifest, as having  manifestation, not knowing my supreme state - immutable and unsurpassed.

A benevolent and charity minded millionaire maybe in rags occasionally just for the fun of it. If a beggar misunderstands him as one in rags and passes by without availing himself of the rich man's charity, the poor man becomes poorer for his ignorance. Such verily is the lot of those ignorant of the glory of Iswara. 

An incarnation of god, like Sri Krishna assumes a human body, just as the bound souls do. But he is no more bound in the manifested body than the sky seen through a window is bound within the frame of that window.The manifested body of Sri Krishna is mutable; but in reality He is immutable and unsurpassed by the ordinary human beings. His supreme state remains unknown to the people of poor understanding. They do not therefore seek to worship him. 

How then can we account for the ignorance of the ordinary man? the answer follows.