Gita Verse 9.11

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 9, Verse 11

Sanskrit Verse

अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम्।

परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम्।।9.11।।

Transliteration

avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣhīṁ tanum āśhritam

paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūta-maheśhvaram

Word meanings

avajānanti—disregard; mām—me; mūḍhāḥ—dim-witted; mānuṣhīm—human; tanum—form; āśhritam—take on; param—divine; bhāvam—personality; ajānantaḥ—not knowing; mama—my; bhūta—all beings; mahā-īśhvaram—the Supreme Lord

Swami Sivananda's translation

Fools disregard Me, clad in human form, not knowing My higher Being as the great Lord of all beings.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 9