इमे वयं यत्प्रिययैव तन्वा सत्त्वेन सृष्टा बहिरन्तरावि: । गतिं न सूक्ष्मामृषयश्च विद्महे कुतोऽसुराद्या इतरप्रधाना: ॥ ३१ ॥
ime vayam yat-priyayaiva tanva sattvena srsta bahir-antar-avih gatim na suksmam rsayas ca vidmahe kuto ’suradya itara-pradhanah
- ime
- these
- vayam
- we (the demigods)
- yat
- to whom
- priyaya
- appearing very near and dear
- eva
- certainly
- tanva
- the material body
- sattvena
- by the mode of goodness
- srstah
- created
- bahih-antah-avih
- although fully aware, internally and externally
- gatim
- destination
- na
- not
- suksmam
- very subtle
- rsayah
- great saintly persons
- ca
- also
- vidmahe
- understand
- kutah
- how
- asura-adyah
- the demons and atheists
- itara
- who are insignificant in their identities
- pradhanah
- although they are leaders of their own societies
Since our bodies are made of sattva-guna, we, the demigods, are internally and externally situated in goodness. All the great saints are also situated in that way. Therefore, if even we cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, what is to be said of those who are most insignificant in their bodily constitutions, being situated in the modes of passion and ignorance? How can they understand the Lord? Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto Him.