Having received this blessing of recognising the Avatar, what is it that we must learn from Him? Bhagawan Himself reveals to us today.

Karma (action) and upasana (contemplation), the two stages of sadhana devoted to the attainment of God-realisation, can be noted and seen; but jnana (wisdom), the stage of ripeness, cannot be seen. The karma symbolised by the Yamuna, and bhakti (devotion) symbolised by the Ganga, meet at the point where the jnana or Saraswati flows unseen. But today, people have lost the enthusiasm for karma, the exultation for bhakti, and the eagerness for jnana. The true learning is that which reveals the Atma (the true self) to man. When these facts are neglected, the Avatar (Divine Incarnation) takes place to re-teach the duty of man, the Dharma. What is the Dharma (the moral code) that has to be re-established today? It is Sanathana Dharma (the eternal law), nothing less. Not that there are no sages even now on earth. Great kavis (poets), noble beings and great scholars are with us even today. But, in the mad pursuit after pomp and pageantry, the feverish struggle to defy and defeat others, there is no time to imbibe their messages and taste the sweetness of the sadhana they prescribe.