Chapter 9 - Verse 11

अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम् ।
परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम् ॥ ११ ॥

avajānanti māṃ mūḍhā mānuṣīṃ tanumāśritam .
paraṃ bhāvamajānanto mama bhūtamaheśvaram .. 11 ..


Fools disregard Me clad in human form, not knowing My higher being as the Great Lord of beings.
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Fools, unable to discriminate, despise Me living among them with a human body, these fools not understanding My higher being,—not knowing that I am the Supreme Self, that I am, like akasa, that I am the Great Lord, the very Self, of all beings. Then by continually despising Me, these poor creatures are ruined.

How (is their condition pitiable)?