In truth, we are only tiny fragments of His Person, tiny integral parts of His Person in relation to God. Therefore, our duty is to devote all our energy to Him and to cooperate with Him. This is the way to look at the bond between us and the Lord. Otherwise, our existence loses all reason to exist and we remain cut off from God. By becoming atheists, some people have cut themselves off from God and have to suffer in the material world.

But by reuniting ourselves with the Supreme Lord, Krishna, by surrendering ourselves totally to Him and serving Him with love and devotion, we renew this link, and thus regain our original and eternal position.

The Lord says: I remain unborn, and My body, spiritual and absolute, never deteriorates. I am the Lord of all beings. And yet, in My original form, I descend into this universe [the material universe] at regular intervals.

Whenever in any part of the universe, spirituality sees a decline and irreligion rises, I descend in Person.

I appear from age to age to deliver My devotees, to annihilate the miscreants and to restore the principles of spirituality.

He who knows the absoluteness of My advent and deeds will not have to be reborn in the material world. Leaving his body, he enters My eternal kingdom.

Free from all attachments, free from fear and anger, completely absorbed in Me and seeking refuge in Me, many became purified by learning about Me, and all thus developed pure love for Me.

All follow My way in one way or another, and according as they surrender to Me, in proportion I reward them.

In this world, man aspires to the fruits of his deeds, and that is why he worships the heavenly beings. Man here on earth quickly reaps the fruits of his labour.

I have created the four divisions of society according to the three gunas [the three attributes and modes of influence of material nature; virtue, passion and ignorance] and the duties they impose on man. But know that though I have created them, they do not contain Me, for I am immutable.

Action does not affect Me and I do not aspire to its fruits. He who knows Me as such also does not get entangled in the reels [nets, traps] of karma.

In the strength of this knowledge all the great souls of past times have acted, and thus have they attained liberation. Walk, then, in the footsteps of the ancients, and fulfil your duty in this divine consciousness. Even the intelligent man becomes perplexed when it comes to determining what is action and what is inaction. Now I will teach you action, and this knowledge will deliver you from all sin. The nature of action is very complex and difficult to understand. It is therefore necessary to distinguish between legitimate action, condemnable action and inaction.