64. Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 10

na tvam vayam jada-dhiyo nu vidima bhiiman
kitta-stham adi-purusam jagatam adhisam
yat-sattvatah sura-gana rajasah prajesa
manyos ca bhiita-patayah sa bhavan gunesah

na—not; tudm—Your Lordship; vayam—we; jada-dhiyah—dull-
minded, possessing blunt intelligence; nu—indeed; vidamah—can
know; bhiiman—O Supreme; Mita-stham—within the core of the heart;
Gdi-purusam—the original Personality of Godhead; jagatam—of the
universes, which progressively go on; adhisam—the supreme master;
yat—fixed under Your direction; sattvatah—infatuated with sattva-
guna; sura-gandh—such demigods; rajasah—infatuated with rajo-
guna; praja-isah—the Prajapatis; manyoh—influenced by tamo-guna;
ca—and; bhiita-patayah—rulers of ghosts; sah—such a personality;
bhavan—Your Lordship; guna-isah—the master of all three modes of
material nature.

TRANSLATION

O all-pervading Supreme Person, we are dull-minded and did
not understand who You are, but now we understand that You are
the Supreme Person, the master of the entire universe, the
unchanging and original Personality of Godhead. The demigods
are infatuated with the mode of goodness, the Prajapatis with the
mode of passion, and the lord of ghosts with the mode of ig-
norance, but You are the master of all these qualities.

PURPORT

The word jada-dhiyah refers to intelligence like that of an animal. A
person with such intelligence cannot understand the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead. Without being beaten, an animal cannot understand
the purpose of a man. Similarly, those who are dull-minded cannot
understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but when punished
severely by the modes of material nature, they begin to understand Him.
A Hindi poet has said:

duhkha se saba hari bhaje
sukha se bhaje koi
