Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 10
Chapter 9
Verse 11 of 34
Verse 12
Verse 9.11
अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम्। परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम् ॥9.11॥
9.11 avajānanti māṃ mūḍhā mānuṣīṃ tanum āśritam paraṃ bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūtamaheśvaram
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

The deluded (mūḍhāḥ) despise Me, when I have taken on a human body, Not knowing My higher state of being, as the great Lord of beings (bhūtamaheśvaram).

Stoller MillerLiterary

Deluded men despise me in the human form I have assumed, ignorant of my higher existence as the great lord of creatures.

ZaehnerJesuit

(11) For that a human form I have assumed fools scorn Me, knowing nothing of my higher state,—great Lord of contingent beings.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

9.11 Not knowing My supreme nature as the Lord of all beings, foolish people disregard Me who have taken a human body.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

9.11 Fools disregard Me, dwelling in a human form, not knowing My higher nature, as the Supreme Lord of all beings.

SivanandaVedanta

9.11 Fools disregard Me, clad in human form, not knowing My higher Being as the great Lord of (all) beings.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 10
Chapter 9
Verse 11 of 34
Verse 12