यया हि विद्वानपि मुह्यते यत- स्तत् को विचष्टे गतिमात्मनो यथा । तस्मै नमस्ते जगदीश्वराय वै नारायणायाखिललोकसाक्षिणे ॥ १७ ॥
yaya hi vidvan api muhyate yatas tat ko vicaste gatim atmano yatha tasmai namas te jagad-isvaraya vai narayanayakhila-loka-saksine
- yaya
- by which material opulence
- hi
- indeed
- vidvan api
- even a person fortunately advanced in education
- muhyate
- becomes bewildered
- yatah
- self-controlled
- tat
- that
- kah
- who
- vicaste
- can search for
- gatim
- the progress
- atmanah
- of the self
- yatha
- properly
- tasmai
- unto Him
- namah
- I offer my respectful obeisances
- te
- unto You
- jagat-isvaraya
- unto the Lord of the universe
- vai
- indeed
- narayanaya
- unto His Lordship Narayana
- akhila-loka-saksine
- who are the witness of all creation
Material opulence is so bewildering that it makes even a learned, self-controlled man forget to search for the goal of self-realization. But the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana, the Lord of the universe, can see everything by His will. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto Him.