स वै भवाँल्लोकनिरीक्षणार्थ- मव्यक्तलिङ्गो विचरत्यपिस्वित् । योगेश्वराणां गतिमन्धबुद्धि: कथं विचक्षीत गृहानुबन्ध: ॥ २० ॥
sa vai bhaval loka-niriksanartham avyakta-lingo vicaraty api svit yogesvaranam gatim andha-buddhih katham vicaksita grhanubandhah
- sah
- that Supreme Personality of Godhead or His incarnation Kapiladeva
- vai
- indeed
- bhavan
- your good self
- loka-niriksana-artham
- just to study the characteristics of the people of this world
- avyakta-lingah
- without manifesting your real identity
- vicarati
- are traveling in this world
- api svit
- whether
- yoga-isvaranam
- of all the advanced yogis
- gatim
- the characteristics or actual behavior
- andha-buddhih
- who are illusioned and have become blind to spiritual knowledge
- katham
- how
- vicaksita
- may know
- grha-anubandhah
- I who am bound by attachment to family life, or worldly life
Is it not a fact that your good self is the direct representative of Kapiladeva, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? To examine people and see who is actually a human being and who is not, you have presented yourself to be a deaf and dumb person. Are you not moving this way upon the surface of the world? I am very attached to family life and worldly activities, and I am blind to spiritual knowledge. Nonetheless, I am now present before you and am seeking enlightenment from you. How can I advance in spiritual life?