सोऽहं ममाहमिति मूढमतिर्विगाढ- स्त्वन्मायया विरचितात्मनि सानुबन्धे । तत्त्वञ्जसा निगदितं भवता यथाहं संसाधयामि भगवन्ननुशाधि भृत्यम् ॥ १६ ॥
so ’haṁ mamāham iti mūḍha-matir vigāḍhas tvan-māyayā viracitātmani sānubandhe tat tv añjasā nigaditaṁ bhavatā yathāhaṁ saṁsādhayāmi bhagavann anuśādhi bhṛtyam
- saḥ
- he
- aham
- I
- mama aham
- the false concept of “I” and “mine”
- iti
- thus
- mūḍha
- most foolish
- matiḥ
- consciousness
- vigāḍhaḥ
- merged
- tvat-māyayā
- by Your illusory potency
- viracita
- manufactured
- ātmani
- in the body
- sa-anubandhe
- along with bodily relations
- tat
- therefore
- tu
- indeed
- añjasā
- easily
- nigaditam
- that instructed
- bhavatā
- by You
- yathā
- the process by which
- aham
- I
- saṁsādhayāmi
- may execute
- bhagavan
- My dear Lord
- anuśādhi
- teach
- bhṛtyam
- Your servant
O my Lord, I myself am most foolish because my consciousness is merged in the material body and bodily relations, which are all manufactured by Your illusory energy. Thus I am thinking, “I am this body, and all of these relatives are mine.” Therefore, my Lord, please instruct Your poor servant. Please tell me how I can very easily carry out Your instructions.