ब्रह्मोवाच नैतत्स्वरूपं भवतोऽसौ पदार्थ भेदग्रहै: पुरुषो यावदीक्षेत् । ज्ञानस्य चार्थस्य गुणस्य चाश्रयो मायामयाद्वयतिरिक्तो मतस्त्वम् ॥ ३१ ॥
brahmovaca naitat svarupam bhavato ’sau padartha- bheda-grahaih puruso yavad ikset jnanasya carthasya gunasya casrayo mayamayad vyatirikto matas tvam
- brahma uvaca
- Lord Brahma said
- na
- not
- etat
- this
- svarupam
- eternal form
- bhavatah
- Your
- asau
- that other
- pada-artha
- knowledge
- bheda
- different
- grahaih
- by the acquiring
- purusah
- person
- yavat
- as long as
- ikset
- wants to see
- jnanasya
- of knowledge
- ca
- also
- arthasya
- of the objective
- gunasya
- of the instruments of knowledge
- ca
- also
- asrayah
- the basis
- maya-mayat
- from being made of material energy
- vyatiriktah
- distinct
- matah
- regarded
- tvam
- You
Lord Brahma said: My dear Lord, Your personality and eternal form cannot be understood by any person who is trying to know You through the different processes of acquiring knowledge. Your position is always transcendental to the material creation, whereas the empiric attempt to understand You is material, as are its objectives and instruments.