ŚB 10.23.41
Devanagari
नूनं भगवतो माया योगिनामपि मोहिनी ।
यद् वयं गुरवो नृणां स्वार्थे मुह्यामहे द्विजा: ॥ ४१ ॥
यद् वयं गुरवो नृणां स्वार्थे मुह्यामहे द्विजा: ॥ ४१ ॥
Verse text
nūnaṁ bhagavato māyā
yoginām api mohinī
yad vayaṁ guravo nṛṇāṁ
svārthe muhyāmahe dvijāḥ
yoginām api mohinī
yad vayaṁ guravo nṛṇāṁ
svārthe muhyāmahe dvijāḥ
Synonyms
nūnam — indeed; bhagavataḥ — of the Supreme Lord; māyā — the illusory potency; yoginām — for great mystics; api — even; mohinī — is bewildering; yat — since; vayam — we; guravaḥ — the spiritual masters; nṛṇām — of society in general; sva-arthe — about our own real interest; muhyāmahe — have become bewildered; dvijāḥ — brāhmaṇas..
Translation
The illusory potency of the Supreme Lord certainly bewilders even the great mystics, what to speak of us. As brāhmaṇas we are supposed to be the spiritual masters of all classes of men, yet we have been bewildered about our own real interest.