na yaá¹ vidanty amÄ« bhÅ«-pÄ
ekÄrÄmÄÅ› ca vṛṣṇayaḥ
mÄyÄ-javanikÄcchannam
ÄtmÄnaá¹ kÄlam Ä«Å›varam
na - not; yam - whom; vidanti - know; amÄ« - these; bhÅ«-pÄḥ - kings; eka - together; ÄrÄmÄḥ - who enjoy; ca - and; vṛṣṇayaḥ - the Vṛṣṇis; mÄyÄ - of the divine power of illusion; javanikÄ - by the curtain; Äcchannam - covered; ÄtmÄnam - the Supreme Soul; kÄlam - time; Ä«Å›varam - the supreme controller.
Neither these kings nor even the Vṛṣṇis, who enjoy Your intimate association, know You as the Soul of all existence, the force of time and the supreme controller. For them You are covered by the curtain of MÄyÄ.
ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« explains that Lord Kṛṣṇa’s family, the Vṛṣṇis, were too familiar with Him to realize that He is the Supersoul residing in the heart of every created being. And those kings at Kuruká¹£etra who were not devotees of Kṛṣṇa could not recognize Him as time, the annihilator of everything. Devotees and nondevotees are both covered by MÄyÄ, but in different ways. For the materialists MÄyÄ is illusion, but for the Vaiṣṇavas she acts as Yoga-mÄyÄ, the internal potency who covers their awareness of the Supreme Lord’s majesty and engages them in His eternal pleasure pastimes.
