Bhagavad Gita · 7.24
॥
Devanāgarī
अव्यक्तं व्यक्तिमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः ।
परं भावमजानन्तो ममाव्ययमनुत्तमम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
avyaktaṁ vyaktim āpannaṁ manyante mām abuddhayaḥ |
paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto mamāvyayam anuttamam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अव्यक्तम्avyaktamof the unmanifest, the impersonal.
व्यक्तिम् आपन्नम्vyaktim āpannamhaving taken on (āpannam) a personal form (vyaktim).
मन्यन्तेmanyantethey think.
माम्māmMe.
अबुद्धयःabuddhayaḥthose devoid of intelligence, the unintelligent.
परम् भावम्param bhāvamMy supreme (param) nature (bhāvam).
अजानन्तःajānantaḥnot knowing, not understanding.
ममmamaMy.
अव्ययम्avyayamimperishable.
अनुत्तमम्anuttamamand unsurpassed.
Translation
“Unintelligent people, not knowing My supreme, imperishable and unsurpassed nature, think that I, the unmanifest, have taken on this personal form.”
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