Word meanings
- na
- not
- aham
- I
- prakāśaḥ
- manifest
- sarvasya
- to everyone
- yoga-māyā
- God’s supreme (divine) energy
- samāvṛtaḥ
- veiled
- mūḍhaḥ
- deluded
- ayam
- these
- na
- not
- abhijānāti
- know
- lokaḥ
- persons
- mām
- me
- ajam
- unborn
- avyayam
- immutable
Translations
I am not manifest to all, veiled as I am by the Yoga-Maya. This deluded world does not know Me, who am unborn and imperishable.
I am not visible to all, for I am enveloped by the illusion of the Phenomenon. This deluded world does not know Me as the Unborn and Imperishable.
Being enveloped by yoga-maya, I do not become manifest to all. This deluded world does not know Me, who am birthless and undecaying.
जो मूढ़ मनुष्य मेरेको अज और अविनाशी ठीक तरहसे नहीं जानते (मानते), उन सबके सामने योगमायासे अच्छी तरहसे आवृत हुआ मैं प्रकट नहीं होता।Commentary
I am not manifest to all the people, but I am certainly manifest to the chosen few who are My devotees, who have taken sole refuge in Me alone. I am not visible to those who are deluded by the three Gunas and the pairs of opposites, and who are screened off by this universe which is a manifestation of the alities of Nature? My Yoga-Maya or My creative illusion. This veils the understanding of the worldlyminded people. So they are not able to behold the Lord Who keeps Maya under His perfect control.
Yoga-Maya is the union of the three alities of Nature. The illusion or veil spread thery is called Yoga-Maya. The worldly people are deluded by the illusion born of the union of the three alities. Therefore, they are not able to know the Lord Who is unborn and immutable. This Yoga-Maya is under the perfect control of the Lord. Isvara is the wielder of Maya. Therefore it cannot obscure His own knowledge, just as the illusion created by the juggler cannot obstruct his, own knowledge or deceive him.
The illusion which binds the worldly people cannot in the least affect the Lord Who has kep Maya under his perfect subjugation. (Cf.VII.13IX.5X.7XI.8)