प्रध्वस्तमायागुणभेदमोहैः ।
सनन्दनाद्यैर्मुनिभिर्विभाव्यं
कथं विमूढः परिभावयामि ॥२३॥
taá¹ tvÄá¹ ahaá¹ jñÄna-ghanaá¹ svabhÄva-
pradhvasta-mÄyÄ-guṇa-bheda-mohaiḥ
sanandanÄdyair munibhir vibhÄvyaá¹
kathaá¹ vimÅ«á¸haḥ paribhÄvayÄmi
tam - that personality; tvÄm - unto You; aham - I; jñÄna-ghanam - Your Lordship, who are concentrated knowledge; svabhÄva - by spiritual nature; pradhvasta - free from contamination; mÄyÄ-guṇa - caused by the three modes of material nature; bheda-mohaiḥ - by exhibition of the bewilderment of differentiation; sanandana-Ädyaiḥ - by such personalities as the four KumÄras (Sanat-kumÄra, Sanaka, Sanandana and SanÄtana); munibhiḥ - by such great sages; vibhÄvyam - worshipable; katham - how; vimÅ«á¸haḥ - being fooled by the material nature; paribhÄvayÄmi - can I think of You.
O my Lord, sages freed from the influence of the three modes of material nature — sages such as the four KumÄras [Sanat, Sanaka, Sanandana and SanÄtana] — are able to think of You, who are concentrated knowledge. But how can an ignorant person like me think of You?
The word svabhÄva refers to one’s own spiritual nature or original constitutional position. When situated in this original position, the living entity is unaffected by the modes of material nature. Sa guṇÄn samatÄ«tyaitÄn brahma-bhÅ«yÄya kalpate (Bg. 14.26). As soon as one is freed from the influence of the three modes of material nature, he is situated on the Brahman platform. Vivid examples of personalities thus situated are the four KumÄras and NÄrada. Such authorities can by nature understand the position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but a conditioned soul not freed from the influence of material nature is unable to realize the Supreme. In Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (2.45), therefore, Kṛṣṇa advises Arjuna, traiguṇya-viá¹£ayÄ vedÄ nistraiguṇyo bhavÄrjuna: one must rise above the influence of the three modes of material nature. One who stays within the influence of the three material modes is unable to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
