त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत् | मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम्
tribhirguṇamayairbhāvairebhiḥ sarvamidaṃ jagat . mohitaṃ nābhijānāti māmebhyaḥ paramavyayam
整個世界，被這三種古納（Guna）所構成的本性所迷惑，因此不認識超越這些古納、不朽不滅的我。
All this world, deluded as it is by these three things made of the gunas (alities), does not know Me who am transcendental to these and undecaying.
世人被自然界的三種德性（古納, Guna）或「幻象」（Maya）所迷惑。情愛、執著和迷戀皆是這些德性的變現。由於這三種德性所造成的迷惑，人們無法擺脫世俗的束縛，也無法將心轉向至高無上的靈魂，即這三種德性的主宰。「不朽不滅」（Avyayam）意指永恆不變、不滅盡、不毀壞。自性（Atman）本質上是同一的，它沒有身體所經歷的六種變化或變異，即存在、出生、成長、變化、衰老和死亡。
Persons of this world are deluded by the three alities of Nature or Maya. Affection? attachment and infatuated love are all modifications of these alities. On account of delusion created by these three alities they are not able to break the worldly ties and to turn the mind towards the Supreme Soul? the Lord of the three alities.Avyayam Immutable or unchangeable or inexhaustible or imperishable. The Self is of one homogeneous essence. It has not got the six changes or modifications (Shad Bhava Vikaras) which the body has? viz.? existence? birth? growth? modification? decay and death. (Cf.VII.25)