स एष आत्मा स्वपरेत्यबुद्धिभि- र्दुरत्ययानुक्रमणो निरूप्यते । मुह्यन्ति यद्वर्त्मनि वेदवादिनो ब्रह्मादयो ह्येष भिनत्ति मे मतिम् ॥ १३ ॥
sa esa atma sva-parety abuddhibhir duratyayanukramano nirupyate muhyanti yad-vartmani veda-vadino brahmadayo hy esa bhinatti me matim
- sah
- He
- esah
- this
- atma
- Supersoul situated in everyone’s heart
- sva-para
- this is my own business, and that is someone else’s
- iti
- thus
- abuddhibhih
- by those who have such bad intelligence
- duratyaya
- very difficult to follow
- anukramanah
- whose devotional service
- nirupyate
- is ascertained (by scriptures or the instructions of the spiritual master)
- muhyanti
- are bewildered
- yat
- of whom
- vartmani
- on the path
- veda-vadinah
- the followers of Vedic instructions
- brahma-adayah
- the demigods, beginning from Lord Brahma
- hi
- indeed
- esah
- this one
- bhinatti
- changes
- me
- my
- matim
- intelligence
Persons who always think in terms of enem and frien are unable to ascertain the Supersoul within themselves. Not to speak of them, even such exalted persons as Lord Brahma, who are fully conversant with the Vedic literature, are sometimes bewildered in following the principles of devotional service. The same Supreme Personality of Godhead who has created this situation has certainly given me the intelligence to take the side of your so-called enemy.