देहोऽसवोऽक्षा मनवो भूतमात्रा- मात्मानमन्यं च विदु: परं यत् । सर्वं पुमान् वेद गुणांश्च तज्ज्ञो न वेद सर्वज्ञमनन्तमीडे ॥ २५ ॥
deho ’savo ’ksa manavo bhuta-matram atmanam anyam ca viduh param yat sarvam puman veda gunams ca taj-jno na veda sarva-jnam anantam ide
- dehah
- this body
- asavah
- the life airs
- aksah
- the different senses
- manavah
- the mind, understanding, intellect and ego
- bhuta-matram
- the five gross material elements and the sense objects (form, taste, sound and so on)
- atmanam
- themselves
- anyam
- any other
- ca
- and
- viduh
- know
- param
- beyond
- yat
- that which
- sarvam
- everything
- puman
- the living being
- veda
- knows
- gunan
- the qualities of the material nature
- ca
- and
- tat-jnah
- knowing those things
- na
- not
- veda
- knows
- sarva-jnam
- unto the omniscient
- anantam
- the unlimited
- ide
- I offer my respectful obeisances
Because they are only matter, the body, the life airs, the external and internal senses, the five gross elements and the subtle sense objects (form, taste, smell, sound and touch) cannot know their own nature, the nature of the other senses or the nature of their controllers. But the living being, because of his spiritual nature, can know his body, the life airs, the senses, the elements and the sense objects, and he can also know the three qualities that form their roots. Nevertheless, although the living being is completely aware of them, he is unable to see the Supreme Being, who is omniscient and unlimited. I therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto Him.