श्रीप्रजापतिरुवाच नम: परायावितथानुभूतये गुणत्रयाभासनिमित्तबन्धवे । अदृष्टधाम्ने गुणतत्त्वबुद्धिभि- र्निवृत्तमानाय दधे स्वयम्भुवे ॥ २३ ॥
sri-prajapatir uvaca namah parayavitathanubhutaye guna-trayabhasa-nimitta-bandhave adrsta-dhamne guna-tattva-buddhibhir nivrtta-manaya dadhe svayambhuve
- sri-prajapatih uvaca
- the prajapati Daksa said
- namah
- all respectful obeisances
- paraya
- unto the Transcendence
- avitatha
- correct
- anubhutaye
- unto Him whose spiritual potency brings about realization of Him
- guna-traya
- of the three material modes of nature
- abhasa
- of the living entities who have the appearance
- nimitta
- and of the material energy
- bandhave
- unto the controller
- adrsta-dhamne
- who is not perceived in His abode
- guna-tattva-buddhibhih
- by the conditioned souls whose poor intelligence dictates that real truth is found in the manifestations of the three modes of material nature
- nivrtta-manaya
- who has surpassed all material measurements and calculations
- dadhe
- I offer
- svayambhuve
- unto the Supreme Lord, who is manifest with no cause
Prajapati Daksa said: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is transcendental to the illusory energy and the physical categories it produces. He possesses the potency for unfailing knowledge and supreme willpower, and He is the controller of the living entities and the illusory energy. The conditioned souls who have accepted this material manifestation as everything cannot see Him, for He is above the evidence of experimental knowledge. Self-evident and self-sufficient, He is not caused by any superior cause. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Him.