नैते स्वरूपं विदुरात्मनस्ते ह्यजादयोऽनात्मतया गृहीता: । अजोऽनुबद्ध: स गुणैरजाया गुणात् परं वेद न ते स्वरूपम् ॥ ३ ॥
naite svarūpaṁ vidur ātmanas te hy ajādayo ’nātmatayā gṛhītaḥ ajo ’nubaddhaḥ sa guṇair ajāyā guṇāt paraṁ veda na te svarūpam
- na
- do not
- ete
- these (elements of creation)
- svarūpam
- the true identity
- viduḥ
- know
- ātmanaḥ
- of the Supreme Soul
- te
- You
- hi
- indeed
- ajā-ādayaḥ
- headed by the total material nature
- anātmatayā
- by the status of being nonliving matter
- gṛhītāḥ
- seized
- ajaḥ
- Lord Brahmā
- anubaddhaḥ
- bound up
- saḥ
- he
- guṇaiḥ
- by the modes
- ajāyāḥ
- of material nature
- guṇāt
- to these modes
- param
- transcendental
- veda na
- he does not know
- te
- Your
- svarūpam
- true form
The total material nature and these other elements of creation certainly cannot know You as You are, for they are manifested in the realm of dull matter. Since You are beyond the modes of nature, even Lord Brahmā, who is bound up in these modes, does not know Your true identity.