nÅ«naá¹ bhagavato mÄyÄ
yoginÄm api mohinÄ«
yad vayaá¹ guravo nṛṇÄá¹
svÄrthe muhyÄmahe dvijÄḥ

 nÅ«nam - indeed; bhagavataḥ - of the Supreme Lord; mÄyÄ - the illusory potency; yoginÄm - for great mystics; api - even; mohinÄ« - is bewildering; yat - since; vayam - we; guravaḥ - the spiritual masters; nṛṇÄm - of society in general; sva-arthe - about our own real interest; muhyÄmahe - have become bewildered; dvijÄḥ - brÄhmaṇas.


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The illusory potency of the Supreme Lord certainly bewilders even the great mystics, what to speak of us. As brÄhmaṇas we are supposed to be the spiritual masters of all classes of men, yet we have been bewildered about our own real interest.

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