श्रीभगवानुवाच युक्तं च सन्ति सर्वत्र भाषन्ते ब्राह्मणा यथा । मायां मदीयामुद्गृह्य वदतां किं नु दुर्घटम् ॥ ४ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca yuktaṁ ca santi sarvatra bhāṣante brāhmaṇā yathā māyāṁ madīyām udgṛhya vadatāṁ kiṁ nu durghaṭam
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
- yuktam
- reasonably
- ca
- even
- santi
- they are present
- sarvatra
- everywhere
- bhāṣante
- they speak
- brāhmaṇāḥ
- brāhmaṇas
- yathā
- how
- māyām
- the mystic energy
- madīyām
- My
- udgṛhya
- resorting to
- vadatām
- of those who speak
- kim
- what
- nu
- after all
- durghaṭam
- will be impossible
Lord Kṛṣṇa replied: Because all material elements are present everywhere, it is reasonable that different learned brāhmaṇas have analyzed them in different ways. All such philosophers spoke under the shelter of My mystic potency, and thus they could say anything without contradicting the truth.