Chapter 9 · The King of Knowledge

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
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Text 9.11

अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम् परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम्

avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣhīṁ tanum āśhritam paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūta-maheśhvaram

Recitation · Text 9.11
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (12 words)

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Fools deride Me when I take a human form, not knowing My higher nature as the great lord of all beings. The objection answered is the oldest one: that the familiar cannot also be the ultimate.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The oldest objection answered: that the familiar cannot also be the ultimate.