मन्त्रेषु मां वा उपहूय यत्त्व- मकुण्ठिताखण्डसदात्मबोध: । पृच्छे: प्रभो मुग्ध इवाप्रमत्त- स्तन्नो मनो मोहयतीव देव ॥ १७ ॥
mantresu mam va upahuya yat tvam akunthitakhanda-sadatma-bodhah prccheh prabho mugdha ivapramattas tan no mano mohayativa deva
- mantresu
- in consultations
- mam
- unto me
- vai
- as either
- upahuya
- by calling
- yat
- as much as
- tvam
- Your Lordship
- akunthita
- without hesitation
- akhanda
- without being separated
- sada
- eternally
- atma
- self
- bodhah
- intelligent
- prccheh
- asked
- prabho
- O my Lord
- mugdhah
- bewildered
- iva
- as if it were so
- apramattah
- although never bewildered
- tat
- that
- nah
- our
- manah
- mind
- mohayati
- bewilders
- iva
- as it is so
- deva
- O my Lord
O my Lord, Your eternal Self is never divided by the influence of time, and there is no limitation to Your perfect knowledge. Thus You were sufficiently able to consult with Yourself, yet You called upon me for consultation, as if bewildered, although You are never bewildered. And this act of Yours bewilders me.