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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.8.23

తం త్వామహం జ్ఞానఘనం స్వభావ- ప్రధ్వస్తమాయాగుణభేదమోహై: । సనన్దనాద్యైర్మునిభిర్విభావ్యం కథం విమూఢ: పరిభావయామి ॥ ౨౩ ॥
taṁ tvāṁ ahaṁ jṣāna-ghanaṁ svabhāva-
[tam tvaam aham jshaana-ghanam svabhaava-]
pradhvasta-māyā-guṇa-bheda-mohaiḥ
[pradhvasta-maayaa-guna-bheda-mohaih]
sanandanādyair munibhir vibhāvyaṁ
[sanandanaadyair munibhir vibhaavyam]
kathaṁ vimūḍhaḥ paribhāvayāmi
[katham vimoodhah paribhaavayaami]
Word-for-word
tam — that personality tvām — unto You aham — I jṣāna-ghanam — Your Lordship, who are concentrated knowledge svabhāva — by spiritual nature pradhvasta — free from contamination māyā-guṇa — caused by the three modes of material nature bheda-mohaiḥ — by exhibition of the bewilderment of differentiation sanandana-ādyaiḥ — by such personalities as the four Kumāras (Sanat-kumāra, Sanaka, Sanandana and Sanātana) munibhiḥ — by such great sages vibhāvyam — worshipable katham — how vimūḍhaḥ — being fooled by the material nature paribhāvayāmi — can I think of You.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
taṁ tvāṁ ahaṁ jṣāna-ghanaṁ svabhāva-
tam
that personality
tvām
unto You
aham
I
jṣāna-ghanam
Your Lordship, who are concentrated knowledge
svabhāva
by spiritual nature
pradhvasta-māyā-guṇa-bheda-mohaiḥ
pradhvasta
free from contamination
māyā-guṇa
caused by the three modes of material nature
bheda-mohaiḥ
by exhibition of the bewilderment of differentiation
sanandanādyair munibhir vibhāvyaṁ
sanandana-ādyaiḥ
by such personalities as the four Kumāras (Sanat-kumāra, Sanaka, Sanandana and Sanātana)
munibhiḥ
by such great sages
vibhāvyam
worshipable
kathaṁ vimūḍhaḥ paribhāvayāmi
katham
how
vimūḍhaḥ
being fooled by the material nature
paribhāvayāmi
can I think of You.
O my Lord, sages freed from the influence of the three modes of material nature — sages such as the four Kumāras [Sanat, Sanaka, Sanandana and Sanātana] — are able to think of You, who are concentrated knowledge. But how can an ignorant person like me think of You?
Purport

The word svabhāva refers to one’s own spiritual nature or original constitutional position. When situated in this original position, the living entity is unaffected by the modes of material nature. Sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate ( Bg. 14.26 ). As soon as one is freed from the influence of the three modes of material nature, he is situated on the Brahman platform. Vivid examples of personalities thus situated are the four Kumāras and Nārada. Such authorities can by nature understand the position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but a conditioned soul not freed from the influence of material nature is unable to realize the Supreme. In Bhagavad-gītā (2.45) , therefore, Kṛṣṇa advises Arjuna, traiguṇya-viṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna: one must rise above the influence of the three modes of material nature. One who stays within the influence of the three material modes is unable to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
How can I, so bewildered, think of you, who are concentrated knowledge, who are realized naturally by sages like Sananda who have destroyed illusion and the conception of difference caused by the guṇas of māyā? Naturally, not by sādhana, the sages have destroyed illusion and difference arising from the guṇas of māyā. ;
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