naitat svarupam bhavato 'sau padartha-
bheda-grahaih puruso yavad ikset
jnanasya carthasya gunasya casrayo
maya-mayad vyatirikto matas tvam
brahma uvaca-Lord Brahma said; na-not; etat-this; svarupam-eternal form; bhavatah-Your; asau-that other; pada-artha-knowledge; bheda-different; grahaih-by the acquiring; purusah-person; yavat-as long as; ikset-wants to see; jnanasya-of knowledge; ca-also; arthasya-of the objective; gunasya-of the instruments of knowledge; ca-also; asrayah-the basis; maya-mayat-from being made of material energy; vyatiriktah-distinct; matah-regarded; tvam-You.