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Deluded by these Natures (states or things) composed of the three alities of Nature all this world does not know Me as distinct from them and immutable.

Deluded by these three states made of the qualities, this whole world does not recognize me, who am beyond them and imperishable.

Deluded by these three states of being, the whole world fails to recognize Krishna, who stands beyond them and does not perish. The verse explains why the source of all things is so seldom known. The qualities occupy attention so completely, through pleasure, activity and dullness, that the mind does not look beyond them. In the dialogue, this is a diagnosis of ordinary human life, and it explains why Arjuna, like everyone, needs a teacher to point past what he sees.