प्रजापतिपति: साक्षाद्भगवान् गिरिशो मनु: । दक्षादय: प्रजाध्यक्षा नैष्ठिका: सनकादय: ॥ ४२ ॥ मरीचिरत्र्यङ्गिरसौ पुलस्त्य: पुलह: क्रतु: । भृगुर्वसिष्ठ इत्येते मदन्ता ब्रह्मवादिन: ॥ ४३ ॥ अद्यापि वाचस्पतयस्तपोविद्यासमाधिभि: । पश्यन्तोऽपि न पश्यन्ति पश्यन्तं परमेश्वरम् ॥ ४४ ॥
prajapati-patih saksad bhagavan giriso manuh daksadayah prajadhyaksa naisthikah sanakadayah maricir atry-angirasau pulastyah pulahah kratuh bhrgur vasistha ity ete mad-anta brahma-vadinah adyapi vacas-patayas tapo-vidya-samadhibhih pasyanto ’pi na pasyanti pasyantam paramesvaram
- prajapati-patih
- Brahma, the father of all progenitors
- saksat
- directly
- bhagavan
- the most powerful
- girisah
- Lord Siva
- manuh
- Manu
- daksa-adayah
- headed by King Daksa
- praja-adhyaksah
- the rulers of humankind
- naisthikah
- the strong brahmacaris
- sanaka-adayah
- headed by Sanaka
- maricih
- Marici
- atri-angirasau
- Atri and Angira
- pulastyah
- Pulastya
- pulahah
- Pulaha
- kratuh
- Kratu
- bhrguh
- Bhrgu
- vasisthah
- Vasistha
- iti
- thus
- ete
- all of them
- mat-antah
- ending with me
- brahma-vadinah
- brahmanas, speakers on Vedic literature
- adya api
- up to date
- vacah-patayah
- masters of speaking
- tapah
- austerities
- vidya
- knowledge
- samadhibhih
- and by meditation
- pasyantah
- observing
- api
- although
- na pasyanti
- do not observe
- pasyantam
- the one who sees
- parama-isvaram
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
The most powerful Lord Brahma, the father of all progenitors; Lord Siva; Manu, Daksa and the other rulers of humankind; the four saintly first-class brahmacaris headed by Sanaka and Sanatana; the great sages Marici, Atri, Angira, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Bhrgu and Vasistha; and my humble self [Narada] are all stalwart brahmanas who can speak authoritatively on Vedic literature. We are very powerful because of austerities, meditation and education. Nonetheless, even after inquiring about the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whom we always see, we do not know perfectly about Him.