Text 25] The Harnsa-guhya Prayers 213
working, the conditioned souls cannot see the supreme friend sitting
within their bodies. Let us therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto
the Supreme, who is invisible to our material eyes.”
TEXT 25
SeISATNSA AA WAAL
arenraaet a fag: Wa |
ad Ga Fe aN asat
AA aaaaATATE RU
deho ’savo ’ksa manavo bhita-matram
Gtmanam anyam ca viduh param yat
sarvam puman veda gundars ca taj-jrio
na veda sarva-jfiiam anantam ide
dehah—this body; asavah—the life airs; aksah—the different
senses; manavah—the mind, understanding, intellect and ego; bhita-
matram—the five gross material elements and the sense objects (form,
taste, sound and so on); dtmaénam—themselves; anyam—any other:
ca—and; viduh—know; param—beyond; yat—that which; sarvam—
everything; pumdn—the living being; veda—knows; gundn—the
qualities of the material nature; ca—and; tat-jniah—knowing those
things; na—not; veda—knows; sarva-jiam—unto the omniscient;
anantam—the unlimited; ide—I offer my respectful obeisances.
TRANSLATION
Because they are only matter, the body, the life airs, the external
and internal senses, the five gross elements and the subtle sense
objects [form, taste, smell, sound and touch] cannot know their
own nature, the nature of the other senses or the nature of their
controllers. But the living being, because of his spiritual nature,
can know his body, the life airs, the senses, the elements and the
sense objects, and he can also know the three qualities that form
their roots. Nevertheless, although the living being is completely
aware of them, he is unable to see the Supreme Being, who is
