न यस्य देवा ऋषय: पदं विदु- र्जन्तु: पुन: कोऽर्हति गन्तुमीरितुम् । यथा नटस्याकृतिभिर्विचेष्टतो दुरत्ययानुक्रमण: स मावतु ॥ ६ ॥
na yasya deva rsayah padam vidur jantuh punah ko ’rhati gantum iritum yatha natasyakrtibhir vicestato duratyayanukramanah sa mavatu
- na
- neither
- yasya
- He of whom
- devah
- the demigods
- rsayah
- great sages
- padam
- position
- viduh
- can understand
- jantuh
- unintelligent living beings like animals
- punah
- again
- kah
- who
- arhati
- is able
- gantum
- to enter into the knowledge
- iritum
- or to express by words
- yatha
- as
- natasya
- of the artist
- akrtibhih
- by bodily features
- vicestatah
- dancing in different ways
- duratyaya
- very difficult
- anukramanah
- His movements
- sah
- that Supreme Personality of Godhead
- ma
- unto me
- avatu
- may give His protection
An artist onstage, being covered by attractive dresses and dancing with different movements, is not understood by his audience; similarly, the activities and features of the supreme artist cannot be understood even by the demigods or great sages, and certainly not by those who are unintelligent like animals. Neither the demigods and sages nor the unintelligent can understand the features of the Lord, nor can they express in words His actual position. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead give me protection.