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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 13]
svayaiva māyayājo 'pi svayam eva vimohitaḥ
evam —in this way;  sammohayan —wanting to mystify;  viṣṇum —the all-pervading Lord Kṛṣṇa;  vimoham —who can never be mystified;  viśva-mohanam —but who mystifies the entire universe;  svayā —by his (Brahmā's) own;  eva —indeed;  māyayā —by mystic power;  ajaḥ —Lord Brahmā;  api —even;  svayam —himself;  eva —certainly;  vimohitaḥ —was put into bewilderment, became mystified.
TRANSLATION
Thus because Lord Brahmā wanted to mystify the all-pervading Lord Kṛṣṇa, who can never be mystified, but who, on the contrary, mystifies the entire universe, he himself was put into bewilderment by his own mystic power.
PURPORT
Brahmā wanted to bewilder Kṛṣṇa, who bewilders the entire universe. The whole universe is under Kṛṣṇa's mystic power ( mama māyā duratyayā ), but Brahmā wanted to mystify Him. The result was that Brahmā himself was mystified, just as one who wants to kill another may himself be killed. In other words, Brahmā was defeated by his own attempt. In a similar position are the scientists and philosophers who want to overcome the mystic power of Kṛṣṇa. They challenge Kṛṣṇa, saying, “What is God? We can do this, and we can do that.” But the more they challenge Kṛṣṇa in this way, the more they are implicated in suffering. The lesson here is that we should not try to overcome Kṛṣṇa. Rather, instead of endeavoring to surpass Him, we should surrender to Him ( sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ).
Instead of defeating Kṛṣṇa, Brahmā himself was defeated, for he could not understand what Kṛṣṇa was doing. Since Brahmā, the chief person within this universe, was so bewildered, what is to be said of so-called scientists and philosophers?  Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja . We should give up all our tiny efforts to defy the arrangement of Kṛṣṇa. Instead, whatever arrangements He proposes, we should accept. This is always better, for this will make us happy. The