avajānanti - decry; mām - Me; mūḍhāḥ - rascals; mānuṣīm - just like a human being; tanum - a body; āśritam - accepted; param - supreme; bhāvam - position; ajānantaḥ - without knowing; mama - My; bhūta-mahā-īśvaram - exalted position as the Supreme Person, creator of the material world.

“ ‘Fools disrespect Me because I appear like a human being. They do not know My supreme position as the cause of all causes, the creator of the material energy.’