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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.3.29

నాయం వేద స్వమాత్మానం యచ్ఛక్త్యాహంధియా హతమ్ । తం దురత్యయమాహాత్మ్యం భగవన్తమితోఽస్మ్యహమ్ ॥ ౨౯ ॥
nāyaṁ veda svam ātmānaṁ
[naayam veda svam aatmaanam]
yac-chaktyāhaṁ-dhiyā hatam
[yach-chaktyaaham-dhiyaa hatam]
taṁ duratyaya-māhātmyaṁ
[tam duratyaya-maahaatmyam]
bhagavantam ito ’smy aham
[bhagavantam ito ’smy aham]
na — not ayam — people in general veda — know svam — own ātmānam — identity yat-śaktyā — by whose influence aham — I am independent dhiyā — by this intelligence hatam — defeated or covered tam — unto Him duratyaya — difficult to understand māhātmyam — whose glories bhagavantam — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead itaḥ — taking shelter asmi aham — I am.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
nāyaṁ veda svam ātmānaṁ
na
not
ayam
people in general
veda
know
svam
own
ātmānam
identity
yac-chaktyāhaṁ-dhiyā hatam
yat-śaktyā
by whose influence
aham
I am independent
dhiyā
by this intelligence
hatam
defeated or covered
taṁ duratyaya-māhātmyaṁ
tam
unto Him
duratyaya
difficult to understand
māhātmyam
whose glories
bhagavantam ito ’smy aham
bhagavantam
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
itaḥ
taking shelter
asmi aham
I am.
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by whose illusory energy the jīva, who is part and parcel of God, forgets his real identity because of the bodily concept of life. I take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose glories are difficult to understand.

As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, every living entity — regardless of whether he be human, demigod, animal, bird, bee or whatever — is part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord and the living entity are intimately related like father and son. Unfortunately, because of material contact, the living entity forgets this and wants to enjoy the material world independently, according to his own plan. This illusion ( māyā ) is very difficult to surmount. Māyā covers the living entity because of his willingness to forget the Supreme Personality of Godhead and make his own plan to enjoy this material world. As long as this contamination continues, the conditioned soul will be unable to understand his real identity and will perpetually continue under illusion, life after life. Ato gṛha-kṣetra-sutāpta-vittair janasya moho ’yam ahaṁ mameti ( Bhāg. 5.5.8 ). As long as the living entity is not enlightened so that he may understand his real position, he will be attracted to materialistic life, to house, country or field, to society, sons, family, community, bank balance and so on. Covered by all this, he will continue to think, “I am this body, and everything related to this body is mine.” This materialistic conception of life is extremely difficult to surmount, but one who surrenders to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as did Gajendra, the King of the elephants, comes to enlightenment on the Brahman platform.

brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām

“One who is transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes fully joyful. He never laments or desires to have anything; he is equally disposed toward all living entities. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me.” ( Bg. 18.54 ) Since a devotee is completely on the Brahman platform, he is not jealous of any other living entity ( samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu ).

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
I surrender to the Lord of inconceivable power by whose energy this elephant does not know his own ātmā, which is overcome by the conception of false ego. This jīva (ayam) does not know himself, who has been overcome by false conceptions because of the Lord’s māyā-śakti.
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