तमयं मन्यते लोको ह्यसङ्गमपि सङ्गिनम् । आत्मौपम्येन मनुजं व्यापृण्वानं यतोऽबुध: ॥ ३७ ॥
tam ayam manyate loko hy asangam api sanginam atmaupamyena manujam vyaprnvanam yato ’budhah
- tam
- unto Lord Krsna
- ayam
- all these (common men)
- manyate
- do speculate within the mind
- lokah
- the conditioned souls
- hi
- certainly
- asangam
- unattached
- api
- in spite of
- sanginam
- affected
- atma
- self
- aupamyena
- by comparison with the self
- manujam
- ordinary man
- vyaprnvanam
- being engaged in
- yatah
- because
- abudhah
- foolish because of ignorance.
The common materialistic conditioned souls speculate that the Lord is one of them. Out of their ignorance they think that the Lord is affected by matter, although He is unattached.