Adhyay 7 • Shlok 146

चौ0—०िना मन ुानि „»राया । रघायपिि पýेरिि Žयापी माया॥ सô माया न दय„द मôगिU कागUीउ । ुान `ीव §व संसहि नागUीउ॥ 1॥ नाथ §गUा¡ कछयU कारन ुाना। सयनगयU सô सावˇान गUरि`ाना॥ ‚यान ु„ं˙ U ०क सीिाबर । माया बSय `ीव सचराचर॥ 2॥ `ौउ सब केउर रगU ‚यान ०करस ।र्§Sवर `ीवगिU भेद कगUगयU कस॥ माया बSय `ीव ुभिमानी। र्§स बSय माया »यन„ानी॥ 3॥ परबस `ीव Sवबस भ»वंिा । `ीव ुनेक ०क Ÿाीकंरिा॥ मयˇा भेद `lपि कहरि माया । बिनय गUरि `ा§ न कôंिU 'Uपाया॥ 4॥

Roman Transliteration (IAST)

etanŒ mana Œnata khagarŒyŒ, raghupati prerita byŒpī mŒyŒ. so mŒyŒ na dukhada mohi kŒhī ¡, Œna jīva iva saṁsṛta nŒhī ¡.1. nŒtha ihŒ¡ kachu kŒrana ŒnŒ, sunahu so sŒvadhŒna harijŒnŒ. gyŒna akhaṁḍa eka sītŒbara, mŒyŒ basya jīva sacarŒcara.2. jau¡ saba ke¡ raha gyŒna ekarasa, īsvara jīvahi bheda kahahu kasa. mŒyŒ basya jīva abhimŒnī, īsa basya mŒyŒ gunakhŒnī.3. parabasa jīva svabasa bhagavantŒ, jīva aneka eka śrīkantŒ. mudhŒ bheda jadyapi kṛta mŒyŒ, binu hari jŒi na ko¢i upŒyŒ.4.

Translations

English Translations 1
Gita Press English

The moment I allowed this doubt to enter my mind, O king of the birds, Ýr¶ RŒma’s MŒyŒ (delusive power) took possession of me as directed by the Lord of the Raghus. That MŒyŒ, however, did not prove to be a source of trouble to me, nor did it throw me 1032 * ÝR” RMACARITAMNASA* into the whirlpool of birth and death as it does in the case of other creatures. This, my lord, was attributable to some extraordinary reason. Hear it attentively, O mount of Ýr¶ Hari, S¶tŒ’s Spouse alone is absolute intelligence; every creature, whether animate or inanimate, is subject to MŒyŒ. If all had the same perfect wisdom, tell me, what would be the difference between God and the J¶va (the individual soul)? The latter, which identifies itself with a particular psycho-physical organism, is subject to MŒyŒ; while MŒyŒ itself, the source of the three Gu˜as, is controlled by God. The J¶va is dependent (subject to MŒyŒ), while God is self-dependent. The J¶vas are many, while the Beloved of Lakƒm¶ is one (without a second). Even though this difference, which has been created by MŒyŒ, is false, it cannot disappear except by Ýr¶ Hari’s grace, whatever you may do. (1—4)

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