विलज्जमानया यस्य स्थातुमीक्षापथे ऽमुया विमोहिता विकत्थन्ते ममाहमिति दुर्धियः
vilajjamānayā yasya sthātum īkṣā-pathe 'muyā vimohitā vikatthante mamāham iti durdhiyaḥ
Synonyms
vilajjamānayā—by one who is ashamed of; yasya—whose; sthātum—to stay; īkṣā-pathe—in the front; amuyā—by the bewildering energy; vimohitāḥ—those who are bewildered; vikatthante—talks nonsense; mama—it is mine; aham—I am everything; iti—thus vituperating; durdhiyaḥ—thus ill conceived..
Translation
The illusory energy of the Lord cannot take precedence, being ashamed of her position, but those who are bewildered by her always talk nonsense, being absorbed in the thought of, 'It is I, and it is mine.'
Purport
The invincible powerful deluding energy of the Personality of God, or the third energy, representing nescience, can bewilder the entire world of animation, but still she is not strong enough to be able to stand in front of the Supreme Lord. Nescience is behind the Personality of Godhead where she is powerful enough to mislead the living beings, and the primary symptom of such bewildered persons is that they talk nonsense. Nonsensical talks are not supported by the principles of Vedic literatures, and first-grade, nonsense talk is, "It is I, it is mine." A godless civilization is exclusively conducted by such false ideas, and such persons, without any factual realization of God, accept a false God or falsely declare themselves to be God to mislead persons who are already bewildered by the deluding energy. Those who are, however, before the Lord, and who surrender unto Him, cannot be influenced by the deluding energy; therefore they are free from the misconception of "It is I, it is mine," and therefore they do not accept a false God or pose themselves as equal to the Supreme Lord. Identification of the bewildered person is distinctly given in this verse.