BG 9.11

अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम् ।
परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम् ॥
avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam
paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūta-maheśvaram

Word-for-word meanings

ajānantaḥ — being unacquainted;  mama — [with] My;  param — supreme;  bhāvam — existence;  mahā-īśvaram — [as] the almighty ruler;  bhūta — [of] living beings;  mūḍhāḥ — the bewildered;  avajānanti — deride;  mām — Me;  āśritam — [as] having accepted;  mānuṣīm tanum — a [perishable] human body.

Translation

Being unacquainted with My supreme existence as the almighty ruler of all beings, the bewildered deride Me as having accepted a [perishable and limited] human body.

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