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नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः।

मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम्।।7.25।।
 

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya

।।7.25।। न अहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य लोकस्य केषांचिदेव मद्भक्तानां प्रकाशः अहमित्यभिप्रायः। योगमायासमावृतः योगः गुणानां युक्ितः घटनं सैव माया योगमाया तया योगमायया समावृतः संछन्नः इत्यर्थः। अत एव मूढो लोकः अयं न अभिजानाति माम् अजम् अव्ययम्।।यया योगमायया समावृतं मां लोकः नाभिजानाति नासौ योगमाया मदीया सती मम ईश्वरस्य मायाविनो ज्ञानं प्रतिबध्नाति यथा अन्यस्यापि मायाविनः मायाज्ञानं तद्वत्।।

यतः एवम् अतः

English Translation By Swami Gambirananda

7.25 Being enveloped by yoga-maya, I do not become manifest to all. This deluded world does not know Me who am birthless and undecaying.

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

7.25 Yoga-maya-samavrtah, being enveloped by yoga-maya-Yoga means the combination, the coming together, of the (three) gunas; that (combination) is itself maya, yoga-maya; being enveloped, i.e. veiled, by that yoga-maya; aham, I; na prakasah, do not become manifest; sarvasya, to all, to the world. The idea is that I become manifest only to some devotees of Mine. For this very reason, ayam, this; mudhah, deluded; lokah, world; na abhijanati, does not know; mam, Me; who am ajam, birthless; and avyayam, undecaying. [In verse 13 the reason for the non-realization of the supreme, unalified Brahman was stated. The present verse states the reason for the non-realization of the alified Brahman.] 'That yoga-maya, because of My being covered by which the world does not know Me- that yoga-maya, since it belongs to Me, does not obstruct the knowlege of Me who am God, the possessor of maya, just as the magic of any other magician does not cover his knowledge.' Since this is so, therefore-