duṣprajñā aviditvaivam
avajānanty asūyavaḥ
guruṁ māṁ vipram ātmānam
arcādāv ijya-dṛṣṭayaḥ

 duṣprajñāḥ - those of corrupted intelligence; aviditvā - failing to understand; evam - in this way; avajānanti - neglect; asūyavaḥ - and behave enviously toward; gurum - their spiritual master; mām - Me; vipram - the learned brāhmaṇa; ātmānam - their own self; arcā-ādaū - in the visibly manifest Deity of the Lord; ijya - as being worshipable; dṛṣṭayaḥ - whose vision.


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Ignorant of this truth, foolish people neglect and enviously offend a learned brāhmaṇa, who, being nondifferent from Me, is their spiritual master and very self. They consider worshipable only such obvious manifestations of divinity as My Deity form.

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