वदन्ति विश्वं कवय: स्म नश्वरंपश्यन्ति चाध्यात्मविदो विपश्चित: । तथापि मुह्यन्ति तवाज माययासुविस्मितं कृत्यमजं नतोऽस्मि तम् ॥ ४ ॥
vadanti visvam kavayah sma nasvaram pasyanti cadhyatmavido vipascitah tathapi muhyanti tavaja mayaya suvismitam krtyam ajam nato ’smi tam
- vadanti
- they say authoritatively
- visvam
- the entire material creation
- kavayah
- great learned sages
- sma
- certainly
- nasvaram
- perishable
- pasyanti
- they see in trance
- ca
- also
- adhyatma-vidah
- who have realized spiritual knowledge
- vipascitah
- very learned scholars
- tatha api
- still
- muhyanti
- become illusioned
- tava
- your
- aja
- O unborn one
- mayaya
- by the illusory energy
- su-vismitam
- most wonderful
- krtyam
- activity
- ajam
- unto the supreme unborn one
- natah asmi
- I offer my obeisances
- tam
- unto Him
O unborn one, learned Vedic scholars who are advanced in spiritual knowledge certainly know that this material world is perishable, as do other logicians and philosophers. In trance they realize the factual position of this world, and they preach the truth as well. Yet even they are sometimes bewildered by Your illusory energy. This is Your own wonderful pastime. Therefore, I can understand that Your illusory energy is very wonderful, and I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.