Chapter 4, Verse 6
Part of 4: Jñāna Karm Sanyās Yog — ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोगअजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन्। प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय संभवाम्यात्ममायया॥
ajo ’pi sannavyayātmā bhūtānām īśhvaro ’pi san prakṛitiṁ svām adhiṣhṭhāya sambhavāmyātma-māyayā
Though I am unborn and of imperishable nature, and though I am the Lord of all beings, yet, governing my own nature, I am born by my own Maya.
Man is bound by Karma. So he takes birth. He is under the clutches of Nature. He,is deluded by the three alities of Nature whereas the Lord has Maya under His perfect control. He rules over Nature, and so He is not under the thraldom of the alities o Nature. He appears to be born and embodied through His own Maya or illusory power, but is not so in reality. His embodiment is , as a matter of fact, apparent? It cannot affect in the least His true divine nature. (Cf. IX.8).