नैते गुणा न गुणिनो महदादयो ये सर्वे मन: प्रभृतय: सहदेवमर्त्या: । आद्यन्तवन्त उरुगाय विदन्ति हि त्वा- मेवं विमृश्य सुधियो विरमन्ति शब्दात् ॥ ४९ ॥
naite guna na gunino mahad-adayo ye sarve manah prabhrtayah sahadeva-martyah ady-antavanta urugaya vidanti hi tvam evam vimrsya sudhiyo viramanti sabdat
- na
- neither
- ete
- all these
- gunah
- three qualities of material nature
- na
- nor
- guninah
- the predominating deities of the three modes of material nature (namely Lord Brahma, the predominating deity of passion, and Lord Siva, the predominating deity of ignorance)
- mahat-adayah
- the five elements, the senses and the sense objects
- ye
- those which
- sarve
- all
- manah
- the mind
- prabhrtayah
- and so on
- saha-deva-martyah
- with the demigods and the mortal human beings
- adi-anta-vantah
- who all have a beginning and end
- urugaya
- O Supreme Lord, who are glorified by all saintly persons
- vidanti
- understand
- hi
- indeed
- tvam
- Your Lordship
- evam
- thus
- vimrsya
- considering
- sudhiyah
- all wise men
- viramanti
- cease
- sabdat
- from studying or understanding the Vedas.
Neither the three modes of material nature (sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna), nor the predominating deities controlling these three modes, nor the five gross elements, nor the mind, nor the demigods nor the human beings can understand Your Lordship, for they are all subjected to birth and annihilation. Considering this, the spiritually advanced have taken to devotional service. Such wise men hardly bother with Vedic study. Instead, they engage themselves in practical devotional service.