yan mayaya gahanayapahrtatma-bodha
brahmadayas tanu-bhrtas tamasi svapantah
natman sritam tava vidanty adhunapi tattvam
so 'yam prasidatu bhavan pranatatma-bandhuh
bhrguh uvaca-Sri Bhrgu said; yat-who; mayaya-by illusory energy; gahanaya-insurmountable; apahrta-stolen; atma-bodhah-knowledge of the constitutional position; brahma-adayah-Lord Brahma, etc.; tanu-bhrtah-embodied living entities; tamasi-in the darkness of illusion; svapantah-lying down; na-not; atman-in the living entity; sritam-situated in; tava-Your; vidanti-understand; adhuna-now; api-certainly; tattvam-absolute position; sah-You; ayam-this; prasidatu-be kind; bhavan-Your Lordship; pranata-atma-surrendered soul; bandhuh-friend.