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Though Krishna was a Yadava, he also was Devakinandan. Arjuna tells Krishna in Chapter XI: “He Krishna, He Yadava, He Sakha.” Krishna fulfilled the role of a son, a Yadava leader, sakha to Arjuna and guru to Udhava.
A master is unattached to any identity but still presents an expression appropriate to desh, kal and patra or space, time and situation. For example, a Times of India marketing person may be reading every newspaper in the house, but while doing his job promoting his paper, he has to claim Times of India is the best.
If he says every paper is the same then will he be doing justice to his job? When Arjuna wanted to let go off his kshatriya identity and live in the forest, it was Krishna who insisted that he has to keep his kshatriya identity.
Remaining universal inside and assuming identities and roles outside relevant to the situation is the skill of a gyani which each one of us has to cultivate. An incarnation or avatar is remembered by the role played.
That is also how the ten incarnations of Vishnu, the Dashavatar, have been beautifully portrayed. Janak performs a limited role as a king externally but internally, nurses a thirst for the unlimited, which makes him a grand seeker before Ashtavakra.
A disciple like Janak is rare indeed. A guru’s job is to bring everybody to play Janak’s role — skillful in performing their duties and having a yearning for the highest knowledge. A sadhguru is totally detached, established in Advait, universal in being, at the same time his expression is based on desh, kal and patra — place, time and situation. Universal in being, nischay, and yet effortlessly fulfilling different roles in the world (vyavhara) is the skill of a Master. – The Times of India
