प्राचीनबर्हिरुवाच भगवंस्ते वचोऽस्माभिर्न सम्यगवगम्यते । कवयस्तद्विजानन्ति न वयं कर्ममोहिता: ॥ १ ॥
pracinabarhir uvaca bhagavams te vaco ’smabhir na samyag avagamyate kavayas tad vijananti na vayam karma-mohitah
- pracinabarhih uvaca
- King Pracinabarhi said
- bhagavan
- O my lord
- te
- your
- vacah
- words
- asmabhih
- by us
- na
- never
- samyak
- perfectly
- avagamyate
- are understood
- kavayah
- those who are expert
- tat
- that
- vijananti
- can understand
- na
- never
- vayam
- we
- karma
- by fruitive activities
- mohitah
- enchanted.
King Pracinabarhi replied: My dear lord, we could not appreciate completely the purport of your allegorical story of King Puranjana. Actually, those who are perfect in spiritual knowledge can understand, but for us, who are overly attached to fruitive activities, to realize the purpose of your story is very difficult.