Verse 7.14
दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया ।
मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते ॥
Transliteration
daivī hyeṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā |
māmeva ye prapadyante māyāmetāṃ taranti te ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
Verily, this divine illusion of Mine, made up of the (three) alities (of Nature) is difficult to cross over; those who take refuge in Me alone, cross over this illusion.
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For this divine power of illusion of mine, made of the qualities, is hard to cross. Those who take refuge in me alone cross over this illusion.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
Word by word
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
Krishna calls this force his divine power of illusion (māyā), made of the qualities, and says it is hard to cross. Yet those who take refuge in him alone cross over it. The word māyā here means the power that conceals as well as creates. Traditions understand it either as a real divine power that binds souls until grace frees them, or as the appearance that hides the one reality. In every reading, the verse joins a sober view of human bondage with a promise of release through surrender.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08