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BG 9.11 — 9.11 Fools disregard Me, clad in human form, not knowing My higher Being as the great Lord of (all) beings. | Live Gita
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अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम् |
परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम् ||९-११||

avajānanti māṃ mūḍhā mānuṣīṃ tanumāśritam . paraṃ bhāvamajānanto mama bhūtamaheśvaram ||9-11||


।।9.11।। समस्त भूतों के महान् ईश्वर रूप मेरे परम भाव को नहीं जानते हुए मूढ़ लोग मनुष्य शरीरधारी मुझ परमात्मा का अनादर करते हैं।।

Word-by-word meanings

9.11 अवजानन्ति disregard? माम् Me? मूढाः fools? मानुषीम् human? तनुम् form? आश्रितम् assumed? परम् higher? भावम् state or nature? अजानन्तः not knowing? मम My? भूतमहेश्वरम् the Great Lord of beings.Commentary Fools only find fault with My pure nature? just as a man with jaundiced eyes finds all objects to be yellow. The man who is suffering from fever finds even milk as bitter as the essence of neem. Those who wish to behold Me by means of the physical eyes cannot know Me. If anyone takes the mir

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।9.11।।इस प्रकार मैं यद्यपि नित्यशुद्धबुद्धमुक्तस्वभाव तथा सभी प्राणियोंका आत्मा हूँ तो भी --, मूढ़ -- अविवेकी लोग मेरे सर्व लोकोंके महान् ईश्वररूप परमभावको अर्थात् सबका अपना आत्मारूप मैं परमात्मा सब प्राणियोंका महान् ईश्वर हूँ एवं आकाशकी भाँति बल्कि आकाशकी अपेक्षा भी सूक्ष्मतर भावसे व्यापक हूँ -- इस परम परमात्मतत्त्वको न जाननेके कारण मुझ मनुष्यदेहधारी परमात्माको तुच्छ समझते हैं अर्थात् मनुष्यरूपसे लीला करते हुए मुझ परमात्माकी अवज्ञा -- अनादर करते हैं। इसलिये मुझ परमात्माके निरादरकी भावनासे वे पामर जीव ( व्यर्थ ) मारे हुए पड़े हैं।

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Swami Gambirananda

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

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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