Learn·Chapter 9 · The royal knowledge, the royal secret·Verse 11 of 34

Bhagavad Gītā 9.11, word by word

अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम्। परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम्

avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣhīṁ tanum āśhritam paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūta-maheśhvaram

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In English

Fools disregard Me, seeing Me clad in human form. They do not know that in My higher nature, I am the Lord-God of all.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

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

Translated by Swami Sivananda

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