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care of that man; he is, not to use any harsher term, an irresponsible talker; his religion is for unsound and empty brains.
God understands human failings and becomes man to do good to humanity. "Whenever virtue subsides and wickedness prevails, I manifest myself. To establish virtue, to destroy evil, to save the good I come in every age." "*"Fools deride Me, Who have assumed the human form, without knowing My real nature as the Lord of the universe." † Such is Sri Krishna's declaration in the Gita on incarnation. "When a huge
BHAKTI-VOGA.
* " यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत । अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥ परिवाणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् । धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥”
(Gita, Ch. IV. 7-8)
† Geonafa ai zei zigai agenfaci i परम् भावमजानन्ती मम भूतमहेश्वरम् ॥
(Gita, Ch. IX-II)