Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 7, verse 14
This verse names maya, the divine power of illusion made of the gunas, and gives the Gita's answer for crossing it: refuge in the divine.
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दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया ।मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते ॥
daivī hyeṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā |māmeva ye prapadyante māyāmetāṃ taranti te ||
This divine illusion of mine, made of the gunas, is very hard to cross. But those who take refuge in me alone cross over it.
गुणों से बनी मेरी यह दिव्य माया पार करना बहुत कठिन है। पर जो केवल मेरी शरण लेते हैं, वे इस माया को पार कर जाते हैं।
गुणांनी बनलेली ही माझी दैवी माया पार करणे फार कठीण आहे. पण जे केवळ मला शरण येतात ते ही माया तरून जातात.
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दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया ।मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते ॥
त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत् ।
Confused by these states made of the three gunas, the whole world does not recognise me, who am beyond them and unchanging.
7.15न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः ।
Wrongdoers, the deluded and the lowest of people do not turn to me. Their understanding is stolen by illusion, and they hold to a demonic nature.
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