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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.16.47

नमस्तुभ्यं भगवते सकलजगत्स्थितिलयोदयेशाय । दुरवसितात्मगतये कुयोगिनां भिदा परमहंसाय ॥ ४७ ॥
namas tubhyaṁ bhagavate
[namas tubhyam bhagavate]
sakala-jagat-sthiti-layodayeśāya
[sakala-jagat-sthiti-layodayeshaaya]
duravasitātma-gataye
[duravasitaatma-gataye]
kuyogināṁ bhidā paramahaṁsāya
[kuyoginaam bhidaa paramahamsaaya]
namaḥ — all obeisances tubhyam — unto You bhagavate — Your Lordship sakala — all jagat — of the cosmic manifestation sthiti — of the maintenance laya — dissolution udaya — and creation īśāya — unto the Supreme Lord duravasita — impossible to understand ātma-gataye — whose own position ku-yoginām — of those who are attached to the objects of the senses bhidā — by the false understanding of separateness parama-haṁsāya — unto the supreme pure.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
namas tubhyaṁ bhagavate
namaḥ
all obeisances
tubhyam
unto You
bhagavate
Your Lordship
sakala-jagat-sthiti-layodayeśāya
sakala
all
jagat
of the cosmic manifestation
sthiti
of the maintenance
laya
dissolution
udaya
and creation
īśāya
unto the Supreme Lord
duravasitātma-gataye
duravasita
impossible to understand
ātma-gataye
whose own position
kuyogināṁ bhidā paramahaṁsāya
ku-yoginām
of those who are attached to the objects of the senses
bhidā
by the false understanding of separateness
parama-haṁsāya
unto the supreme pure.
My dear Lord, You are the creator, maintainer and annihilator of this cosmic manifestation, but persons who are too materialistic and who always see separateness do not have eyes with which to see You. They cannot understand Your real position, and therefore they conclude that the cosmic manifestation is independent of Your opulence. My Lord, You are the supreme pure, and You are full in all six opulences. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.

Atheistic men think that the cosmic manifestation has come about by chance, by a combination of matter, without reference to God. Materialistic so-called chemists and atheistic philosophers always try to avoid even the name of God in relation to the cosmic manifestation. For them God’s creation is impossible to understand because they are too materialistic. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is paramahaṁsa, or the supreme pure, whereas those who are sinful, being very much attached to material sense enjoyment and therefore engaging in material activities like asses, are the lowest of men. All their so-called scientific knowledge is null and void because of their atheistic temperament. Thus they cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
I offer respects to you, the Supreme Lord, the master of creation, maintenance and destruction of all universes, the supreme swan, whose position is hard to understand for false yogīs who see with difference. Your position is hard to understand by the false yogīs who see with difference (bhidā). In the form of the great swan you deliver the jīvas.
You are the creator, maintainer, annihilator, but materialists who see separateness can't see You — their concept of demigods is offensive. Polytheism without unity beneath misses You.
Reflection Questions
  • Where do my multiple worships fail to converge in You?
  • What would convergence look like?
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