त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत् ।मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम् ॥
tribhir guṇamayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṃ jagat |mohitaṃ nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam ||
- त्रिभिः · tribhiḥ
- by three
- गुणमयैः भावैः · guṇamayaiḥ bhāvaiḥ
- states made of gunas
- सर्वम् जगत् · sarvam jagat
- all the world
- मोहितम् · mohitam
- deluded
- न अभिजानाति · na abhijānāti
- does not know
- माम् · mām
- me
- परम् · param
- higher
- अव्ययम् · avyayam
- imperishable
“Deluded by these three states made of the gunas, all the world does not know me, higher than them and imperishable.”
— Original plain-language translation
The modes that come from Krishna also hide him, like clouds born of the sun veiling it. Delusion is mistaking weather for sky. Transcendence must be remembered alongside immanence.
— Reader's notes (original)