ये देहभाजस्त्रिगुणप्रधाना गुणान् विपश्यन्त्युत वा तमश्च । यन्मायया मोहितचेतसस्त्वां विदु: स्वसंस्थं न बहि:प्रकाशा: ॥ २२ ॥
ye deha-bhajas tri-guna-pradhana gunan vipasyanty uta va tamas ca yan-mayaya mohita-cetasas tvam viduh sva-samstham na bahih-prakasah
- ye
- those persons who
- deha-bhajah
- have accepted the material body
- tri-guna-pradhanah
- influenced by the three modes of material nature
- gunan
- the manifestation of the three modes of material nature
- vipasyanti
- can see only
- uta
- it is so said
- va
- either
- tamah
- the mode of ignorance
- ca
- and
- yat-mayaya
- by the illusory energy of whom
- mohita
- has been bewildered
- cetasah
- the core of whose heart
- tvam
- Your Lordship
- viduh
- know
- sva-samstham
- situated in one’s own body
- na
- not
- bahih-prakasah
- those who can see only the products of external energy
My Lord, You are fully situated in everyone’s heart, but the living entities, covered by the material body, cannot see You, for they are influenced by the external energy, conducted by the three modes of material nature. Their intelligence being covered by sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna, they can see only the actions and reactions of these three modes of material nature. Because of the actions and reactions of the mode of ignorance, whether the living entities are awake or sleeping, they can see only the workings of material nature; they cannot see Your Lordship.