न चास्य कश्चिन्निपुणेन धातु- रवैति जन्तु: कुमनीष ऊती: । नामानि रूपाणि मनोवचोभि: सन्तन्वतो नटचर्यामिवाज्ञ: ॥ ३७ ॥
na casya kascin nipunena dhatur avaiti jantuh kumanisa utih namani rupani mano-vacobhih santanvato nata-caryam ivajnah
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- asya
- of Him
- kascit
- anyone
- nipunena
- by dexterity
- dhatuh
- of the creator
- avaiti
- can know
- jantuh
- the living being
- kumanisah
- with a poor fund of knowledge
- utih
- activities of the Lord
- namani
- His names
- rupani
- His forms
- manah-vacobhih
- by dint of mental speculation or deliverance of speeches
- santanvatah
- displaying
- nata-caryam
- a dramatic action
- iva
- like
- ajnah
- the foolish.
The foolish with a poor fund of knowledge cannot know the transcendental nature of the forms, names and activities of the Lord, who is playing like an actor in a drama. Nor can they express such things, neither in their speculations nor in their words.