न यं विदन्त्यमी भूपा एकारामाश्च वृष्णय: । मायाजवनिकाच्छन्नमात्मानं कालमीश्वरम् ॥ २३ ॥
na yaṁ vidanty amī bhū-pā ekārāmāś ca vṛṣṇayaḥ māyā-javanikācchannam ātmānaṁ kālam īśvaram
- na
- not
- yam
- whom
- vidanti
- know
- amī
- these
- bhū-pāḥ
- kings
- eka
- together
- ārāmāḥ
- who enjoy
- ca
- and
- vṛṣṇayaḥ
- the Vṛṣṇis
- māyā
- of the divine power of illusion
- javanikā
- by the curtain
- ācchannam
- covered
- ātmānam
- the Supreme Soul
- kālam
- time
- īśvaram
- the supreme controller
Neither these kings nor even the Vṛṣṇis, who enjoy Your intimate association, know You as the Soul of all existence, the force of time and the supreme controller. For them You are covered by the curtain of Māyā.