Chapter 9 · Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga - The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal SecretKrishna
Verse 11
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता अध्याय 9, श्लोक 11
Sanskrit Shloka (श्लोक)
अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम्।
परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम्॥११॥
Transliteration
Avajananti Mam Mudha Manushim Tanum-Ashritam.
Param Bhavam-Ajananto Mama Bhuta-Maheshvaram.||11||
Word-by-Word Meaning (अन्वय)
अवजानन्तिavajanantidisregard/look down upon
माम्mamMe
मूढाःmudhahthe foolish
मानुषीम्manushimhuman
तनुम्tanumform/body
आश्रितम्ashritamassuming/dwelling in
परम्paramsupreme
भावम्bhavamnature
अजानन्तःajanantahnot knowing
ममmamaMy
भूतमहेश्वरम्bhuta-maheshvaramthe great Lord of all beings
Hindi Translation (हिन्दी अर्थ)
मूढ़ (अज्ञानी) लोग मानव शरीर में निवास करने वाले मुझे (परमात्मा को) तुच्छ समझते हैं — वे मेरे परम भाव (दिव्य स्वरूप) को नहीं जानते, जो सम्पूर्ण प्राणियों का महान ईश्वर है।
English Translation
The foolish disregard Me when I dwell in a human form, not knowing My supreme nature as the great Lord of all beings.
Commentary (टीका)
This verse addresses those who, seeing God incarnate in human form, fail to recognize the Divine behind the human appearance. They judge by external form rather than perceiving the inner divinity. This applies not only to Krishna's contemporaries but to all who dismiss the possibility of the Divine manifesting in accessible, personal form.