Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 7, Verse 14
दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया । मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते
daivī hyeṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā | māmeva ye prapadyante māyāmetāṃ taranti te
Translation
Verily this Divine Illusion of Mine, made up of guṇas, is hard to surmount. Whoever seek Me alone, they cross over this Illusion.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- daivī
- divine
- hi
- indeed
- eṣā
- this
- guṇamayī
- guṇa-made
- mama
- my
- māyā
- illusion
- duratyayā
- hard to go beyond
- mām
- to me
- ye
- who
- prapadyante
- approach
- māyām
- illusion
- etām
- this
- taranti
- cross
- te
- they
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
This Illusion (Māyā), formed of guṇas, is inherent in Me, Viṣṇu, the Lord. Such being the case, whoever abandon all formal religion (dharma) and completely devote themselves to Me, their own Self, the Lord of Illusion, they cross over the Illusion which deludes all living beings: they are liberated from the bondage of saṃsāra.