पश्येश मेऽनार्यमनन्त आद्ये परात्मनि त्वय्यपि मायिमायिनि । मायां वितत्येक्षितुमात्मवैभवं ह्यहं कियानैच्छमिवार्चिरग्नौ ॥ ९ ॥
paśyeśa me ’nāryam ananta ādye parātmani tvayy api māyi-māyini māyāṁ vitatyekṣitum ātma-vaibhavaṁ hy ahaṁ kiyān aiccham ivārcir agnau
- paśya
- just see
- īśa
- O Lord
- me
- my
- anāryam
- contemptible behavior
- anante
- against the unlimited
- ādye
- the primeval
- para-ātmani
- the Supersoul
- tvayi
- You
- api
- even
- māyi-māyini
- for the masters of illusion
- māyām
- (my) illusory potency
- vitatya
- spreading
- īkṣitum
- to see
- ātma
- Your
- vaibhavam
- power
- hi
- indeed
- aham
- I
- kiyān
- how much
- aiccham
- I desired
- iva
- just like
- arciḥ
- a small spark
- agnau
- in comparison to the whole fire
My Lord, just see my uncivilized impudence! To test Your power I tried to extend my illusory potency to cover You, the unlimited and primeval Supersoul, who bewilder even the masters of illusion. What am I compared to You? I am just like a small spark in the presence of a great fire.