सतीं व्यादाय शृण्वन्तो लघ्वीं गुर्वर्थगह्वराम् । विगाह्यागाधगम्भीरां न विदुस्तच्चिकीर्षितम् ॥ १४ ॥
satim vyadaya srnvanto laghvim gurv-artha-gahvaram vigahyagadha-gambhiram na vidus tac-cikirsitam
- satim
- excellent
- vyadaya
- with attentive aural reception
- srnvantah
- hearing
- laghvim
- properly composed
- guru
- momentous
- artha
- import
- gahvaram
- difficult to understand
- vigahya
- pondering
- agadha
- deep
- gambhiram
- grave
- na
- not
- viduh
- understand
- tat
- of the Supreme Lord
- cikirsitam
- the intention.
The Lord’s excellent speech was difficult to comprehend because of its momentous import and its most profound significance. The sages heard it with wide-open ears and pondered it as well. But although hearing, they could not understand what He intended to do.