BhG 9.11

syntax

mama param bhāvam (my superior nature) bhūta-maheśvaram (as the supreme lord of beings) ajānantaḥ (those who do not know)
mūḍhāḥ (fools) mām mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam (me having taken human body) avajānanti (they despise).

grammar

avajānanti	–	ava-√jñā (to disrespect, to despise) Praes. P 1v.3 – they disrespect, they despise;
mām	–	asmat sn. 2n.1 – me;
mūḍhāḥ	–	mūḍha (√muh – to become confused, bewildered, stupefied) PP 1n.3 m. – bewildered, fools;
mānuṣīm	–	mānuṣī 2n.1 f. – human (from: √man – to think, manu – a man, a person, mānuṣa – human);
tanum	–	tanu 2n.1 f. – thin, small, body, form (from: √tan – to spread out);
āśritam	–	āśrita (ā-√śri – to  adhere, to lean on, to rest on, to depend on) PP 2n.1 m. – taken shelter (of whom? – requires accusative);
param	–	para 2n.1 m. – beyond, ancient, final, the best, the supreme;
bhāvam	–	bhāva 2n.1 m. – state, existence, nature (from: √bhū – to be);
ajānantah	–	a-jānant (√jña – to know, to understand) PPr 1n.3 m. – those who do not know;
mama	–	asmat sn. 6n.1 – my;
bhūta-maheśvaram	–	bhūta-maha-īśvara 2n.1 m.; TP: bhūtānāṁ mahāntam īṣvaram iti – the supreme lord of beings (from: √bhū – to be, PP bhūta – been, real, world; √mah – to magnify, mahant – great; √xīś – to own, to reign, īśa / īśvara – ruler, lord);

textual variants

mānuṣīṁ tanum → mānuṣī-tanum (human body);
āśritam → āsthitaṁ / āśritāḥ (situated / sheltered);
paraṁ bhāvam → para-bhāvam (superior nature);
mama bhūta-maheśvaram → mamāvyayam anuttamaṁ (in this rendering the fourth pada of verse 9.11 is the same as the fourth pada of verse BhG 7.24) / sarva-bhūta-maheśvaraṁ (my imperishable and unsurpassed / the supreme lorg of all beings);

The third pada of verse 9.11 is the same as the third pada of verse BhG 7.24);

Śāṃkara

evaṃ māṃ nitya-śuddha-buddham ukta-svabhāvaṃ sarvajñaṃ sarva-jantūnām ātmānam api santaṃ—

avajānanty avajñāṃ paribhavaṃ kurvanti māṃ mūḍhā avivekinaḥ | mānuṣīṃ manuṣyasaṃbandhinīṃ tanuṃ deham āśritam, manuṣyadehena vyavaharantamity etat, paraṃ prakṛṣṭaṃ bhāvaṃ param ātma-tattvam ākāśa-kalpam ākāśād apy antaratamam ajānanto mama bhūta-maheśvaraṃ sarva-bhūtānāṃ mahāntam īśvaraṃ svātmānam | tataś ca tasya mamāvajñāna-bhāvanena āhatās te varākāḥ

Rāmānuja

evaṃ māṃ bhūtamaheśvaraṃ sarvajñaṃ satyasaṅkalpaṃ nikhilajagadekakāraṇaṃ paramakāruṇikatayā sarvasamāśrayaṇīyatvāya mānuṣīṃ tanum āśritaṃ svakṛtaiḥ pāpakarmabhir mūḍhā avajānanti prākṛtamanuṣyasamaṃ manyante / bhūtamaheśvarasya mamāpārakāruṇyodāryasauśīlyavātsalyanibandhanaṃ manuṣyatvasamāśrayaṇalakṣaṇam imaṃ paraṃ bhāvam ajānanto manuṣyatvasamāśrayaṇamātreṇa mām itarasajātīyaṃ matvā tiraskurvantītyarthaḥ

Śrīdhara

nanv evaṃbhūtaṃ parameśvaraṃ tvāṃ kim iti kecin nādriyante ? tatrāha avajānantīti dvābhyām | sarva-bhūta-maheśvara-rūpaṃ madīyaṃ paraṃ bhāvaṃ tattvam ajānanto mūḍhā mūrkhā mām avajānanti mām avamanyante | avajñāne hetuḥ śuddha-sattva-mayīm api tanuṃ bhaktecchā-vaśān manuṣyākārām āśritavantam iti

Madhusūdana

evaṃ nitya-śuddha-buddha-mukta-svabhāvaṃ sarva-jantūnām ātmānam ānanda-ghanam anantam api santam avajānantīti | avajānanti māṃ sākṣād īśvaro ‚yam iti nādriyante nindanti vā mūḍhā avivekino janāḥ | teṣām avajñā-hetuṃ bhramaṃ sūcayati mānuṣīṃ tanum āśritaṃ manuṣyatayā pratīyamānāṃ mūrtim ātmecchayā bhaktānugrahārthaṃ gṛhītavantaṃ manuṣyatayā pratīyamānena dehena vyavaharantam iti yāvat | tataś ca manuṣyo ‚yam iti bhrāntyācchāditāntaḥkaraṇā mama paraṃ bhāvaṃ prakṛṣṭaṃ paāramarthikaṃ tattvaṃ sarva-bhūtānāṃ mahāntarm īśvaram ajānanto yan nādriyante nindanti vā tad-anurūpam eva mūḍhatvasya

Viśvanātha

nanu ca satyam ananta-koṭi-brahmāṇḍa-vyāpī saccid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ kāraṇārṇava-śāyī mahā-puruṣaḥ sva-prakṛtyā jagat sṛjatīti yaḥ prasiddhaḥ | sa eva hi bhavān | kintu vasudeva-sūnos taveyaṃ mānuṣī tanur ity etad-aṃśenaiva kecit tava nikarṣaṃ vadantīty ata āha avajānantīti | mama mānuṣyās tanor asyā paraṃ bhāvaṃ kāraṇārṇava-śāyi-mahā-puruṣādibhyo ‚py utkṛṣṭaṃ svarūpam ajānanta eva te | kīdṛśam ? bhūtaṃ satyaṃ yad brahma tac ca tan maheśvaraṃ ceti | tan maheśvara-padaṃ satyāntara-vyāvartakam atra jñeyam yukte kṣmādāvṛte bhūtam iti amaraḥ |

tam ekaṃ govindaṃ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaṃ vṛndāvana-sura-bhūruha-bhāvanāsīnaṃ satataṃ sa-marud-gaṇo ‚haṃ paramayā stutyā toṣayāmi iti (GTU 1.33) śruteḥ |

narākṛti para-brahma iti smṛteś ca |

mamāsyā mānuṣyās tanoḥ saccid-ānanda-mayatvaṃ mad-abhijṇa-bhaktair ucyata eva, tathā sarva-brahmāṇḍa-vyāpitvaṃ ca bālye yan-mātrā śrī-yaśodayā dṛṣṭam eva | yad vā mānuṣīṃ tanum eva viśinaṣṭi param utkṛṣṭaṃ bhāvaṃ sattāṃ viśuddhaṃ sattvaṃ saccidānanda-svarūpam ity arthaḥ | bhāvaḥ sattā svabhāvābhiprāyaḥ ity amaraḥ | paraṃ bhāvam api viśinaṣṭi mama bhūta-maheśvaraṃ mama sṛjyāni bhūtāni ye brahmādyās teṣām api mahāntam īśvaram | tasmāt jīvasyeva mama parameśvarasya tanur na bhinnā | tanur evāham | aham eva tanuḥ sākṣād brahmaiva śābdaṃ brahma dadhad vapuḥ [BhP 3.21.8] iti mad-abhijña-śukokter iti bhavādṛśais tu viśvasyatām iti bhāvaḥ

Baladeva

nanv īdṛśa-mahimānaṃ tvāṃ kim iti kecin nādriyante ? tatrāha avajānantīti | bhūta-maheśvaraṃ nikhila-jagad-eka-svāminaṃ satya-saṅkalpaṃ sarvajñaṃ mahā-kāruṇikaṃ ca māṃ mūḍhās te ‚vajānanti | atra prakāraṃ darśayan viśinaṣṭi mānuṣīm iti mānuṣa-sanniveśinīṃ mānuṣa-ceṣṭā-bahulāṃ tanuṃ śrī-mūrtim āśritaṃ tādātmya-sambandhena nityaṃ prāptaṃ mām itara-rāja-kumāra-tulyaḥ kaścid ugra-puṇyo manuṣyo ‚yam iti buddhyāvamanyanta ity arthaḥ | mānuṣī tanuḥ khalu pāñcabhautikyena na ca bhagavat-tanus tādṛk sac-cid-ānanda-rūpāya kṛṣṇāya iti, tam ekaṃ govindaṃ sac-cid-ānanda-vigraham iti śravaṇāt | tathātve tad-avajñātṝṇāṃ mauḍhyāndhya-yogād brahmādi-vandyatvāyogāc ca |

evaṃ buddhis teṣāṃ kuto yayā te mūḍhā bhaṇyante ? tatrāha param iti | param asādhāraṇaṃ bhāvaṃ svabhāvam ajānantaḥ mānuṣākṛtes tasya jñānānndātmatva-sarveśatva-mokṣadatvādi-svabhāvānabhijñānād ity arthaḥ | evaṃ ca sati tanum āśritam ity ukti-viśeṣa-vibhātaṃ bheda-kāryam ādāya bodhyā | yat tu vasudeva-sūnor dvārakādhipateḥ sūtikā-gṛhāvirbhūtam eva svarūpaṃ naijaṃ caturbhujatvāt tato vrajaṃ gacchataḥ svarūpaṃ tu mānuṣaṃ dvibhujatvād ata uktam babhūva prākṛtaḥ śiśuḥ itivat | asti tan-niravadhānam mānuṣīṃ tanum āśritam iti tad-ukteḥ | tenaiva rūpeṇa catur-bhujena iti pārtha-vākyāc ca tasmān mānuṣya-saṃniveśitvam eva tat-tanor manuṣyatvam ity uktam yatrāvatīrṇaṃ kṛṣṇākhyaṃ paraṃ brahma narākṛti iti śrī-vaiṣṇave | gūḍhaṃ paraṃ brahma manuṣya-liṅgam iti śrī-bhāgavate ca | manuṣya-ceṣṭā-prācyuryāc ca tasyās tattvam | yathā manuṣyo ‚pi rājā devavat siṃhavac ca viceṣṭanān nṛ-devo nṛ-siṃhaś ca vyapadiśyate |

tasmād dvibhujaś caturbhujaś ca sa manuṣya-bhāvenokta-hetu-dvayād vyapadiśyaḥ | na khalu bhuja-bhūmnā pareśatvam | kārtavīryādau vyabhicārāt | vibhu-caitanyatvaṃ jagaj janmādi-hetutvaṃ vā paraśatvam | tac ca dvibhuje tasminn asty eva tac chrutaṃ na ca dvibhujatvaṃ sādi –

sat-puṇḍarīka-nayanaṃ meghābhaṃ vaidyutāmbaram |

dvi-bhujaṃ mauna-mudrāḍhyaṃ vana-mālinam īśvaram || [GTU 1.9]

iti tasyānādi-siddhatva-śravaṇāt prākṛtaḥ śiśur ity atra prakṛtyā svarūpeṇaiva vyaktaḥ śiśur ity evārthaḥ | tasmād vaidūrya-maṇau nānā-rūpāṇi iva tasmin dvibhujatvādīni yugapat siddhāny eva yathārucy-upāsyānīti śāntoditatva-nityoditatva-kalpanā dūrotsāritā