Å›rÄ«-mÄrkaṇá¸eya uvÄca
aho Ä«Å›vara-lÄ«leyaá¹
durvibhÄvyÄ Å›arÄ«riṇÄm
yan namantÄ«Å›itavyÄni
stuvanti jagad-Ä«Å›varÄḥ
Å›rÄ«-mÄrkaṇá¸eyaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« MÄrkaṇá¸eya said; aho - ah; Ä«Å›vara - of the great lords; lÄ«lÄ - the pastime; iyam - this; durvibhÄvyÄ - inconceivable; Å›arÄ«riṇÄm - for embodied souls; yat - since; namanti - they offer obeisances; Ä«Å›itavyÄni - to those who are controlled by them; stuvanti - they praise; jagat-Ä«Å›varÄḥ - the rulers of the universe.
ÅšrÄ« MÄrkaṇá¸eya said: It is indeed most difficult for embodied souls to understand the pastimes of the universal controllers, for such lords bow down to and offer praise to the very living beings they rule.
In the material world, conditioned souls strive to lord it over one another. Therefore they cannot understand the pastimes of the actual lords of the universe. Such bona fide lords have a wonderfully magnanimous mentality and thus sometimes bow down to the most qualified and saintly among their own subjects.
