Word meanings
- avajānanti
- disregard
- mām
- me
- mūḍhāḥ
- dim-witted
- mānuṣīm
- human
- tanum
- form
- āśritam
- take on
- param
- divine
- bhāvam
- personality
- ajānantaḥ
- not knowing
- mama
- my
- bhūta
- all beings
- mahā-īśvaram
- the Supreme Lord
Translations
Fools disregard Me, clad in human form, not knowing My higher Being as the great Lord of all beings.
Fools disregard Me, seeing Me clad in human form. They do not know that in My higher nature, I am the Lord-God of all.
Not knowing My supreme nature as the Lord of all beings, foolish people disregard Me, who have taken a human form.
मूर्खलोग मेरे सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके महान् ईश्वररूप परमभावको न जानते हुए मुझे मनुष्यशरीरके आश्रित मानकर अर्थात् साधारण मनुष्य मानकर मेरी अवज्ञा करते हैं।Commentary
Fools only find fault with My pure nature, just as a man with jaundiced eyes finds all objects to be yellow. The man who is suffering from fever finds even milk as bitter as the essence of neem. Those who wish to behold Me by means of the physical eyes cannot know Me. If anyone takes the mirage for the Ganga, can he find any water there-Fools who do not have discrimination and right understanding despise Me, dwelling in the human form. I have taken this body to bless My devotees.
These fools have no knowledge of My higher Being. They do not know that I am the great Lord, the Supreme SElf, the luminous, omniscient, pure, ever free, immortal, wise, the Self of all. These fools take Me for an ordinary mortal and despise Me always. The wise know both My transcendental nature and the glory of My manifestation.I pervade, permeate and interpenetrate the universe. I am the support of this world, body, mind, lifeforce and the senses and yet there are some miserable fools, who say that I do not exist.
There is thus not a place anywhere where I am not, and yet these people are not able to see Me. Look at the misfortune of these people. Pitiable is their lot (Cf.IV.6VII.24)