लोकपाला ऊचु: दृष्ट: किं नो दृग्भिरसद्ग्रहैस्त्वं प्रत्यग्द्रष्टा दृश्यते येन विश्वम् । माया ह्येषा भवदीया हि भूमन् यस्त्वं षष्ठ: पञ्चभिर्भासि भूतै: ॥ ३७ ॥
lokapala ucuh drstah kim no drgbhir asad-grahais tvam pratyag-drasta drsyate yena visvam maya hy esa bhavadiya hi bhuman yas tvam sasthah pancabhir bhasi bhutaih
- loka-palah
- the governors of the different planets
- ucuh
- said
- drstah
- seen
- kim
- whether
- nah
- by us
- drgbhih
- by the material senses
- asat-grahaih
- revealing the cosmic manifestation
- tvam
- You
- pratyak-drasta
- inner witness
- drsyate
- is seen
- yena
- by whom
- visvam
- the universe
- maya
- material world
- hi
- because
- esa
- this
- bhavadiya
- Your
- hi
- certainly
- bhuman
- O possessor of the universe
- yah
- because
- tvam
- You
- sasthah
- the sixth
- pancabhih
- with the five
- bhasi
- appear
- bhutaih
- with the elements
The governors of various planes spoke as follows: Dear Lord, we believe only in our direct perception, but under the circumstances we do not know whether we have actually seen You with our material senses. By our material senses we can simply perceive the cosmic manifestation, but You are beyond the five elements. You are the sixth. We see You, therefore, as a creation of the material world.