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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 11]
of the illusory energy. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has also given us a nice weapon for this age, as stated in the  Bhāgavatam :  sāṅgopāṅgāstra —in this age, the Nārāyaṇāstra, or weapon to drive away  māyā , is the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra  in pursuance of the associates of Lord Caitanya, such as Advaita Prabhu, Nityānanda, Gadādhara and Śrīvāsa.
TEXT 2
संघीयमान एतस्मिन्माया गुह्यकनिर्मिताः । क्षिप्रं विनेशुर्विदुर क्लेशा ज्ञानोदये यथा ॥ २ ॥
sandhīyamāna etasmin māyā guhyaka-nirmitāḥ kṣipram vineśur vidura kleśā jñānodaye yathā
sandhīyamāne —while joining to his bow;  etasmin —this Nārāyaṇāstra;  māyāḥ —the illusions;  guhyaka-nirmitāḥ —created by the Yakṣas;  kṣipram —very soon;  vineśuḥ —were destroyed;  vidura —O Vidura;  kleśāḥ —illusory pains and pleasures;  jñāna-udaye —upon the arising of knowledge;  yathā —just as.
TRANSLATION
As soon as Dhruva Mahārāja joined the Nārāyaṇāstra arrow to his bow, the illusion created by the Yakṣas was immediately vanquished, just as all material pains and pleasures are vanquished when one becomes fully cognizant of the self.
PURPORT
Kṛṣṇa is like the sun, and  māyā , or the illusory energy of Kṛṣṇa, is like darkness. Darkness means absence of light; similarly,  māyā  means absence of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kṛṣṇa consciousness and  māyā  are always there, side by side. As soon as there is awakening of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all the illusory pains and pleasures of material existence are vanquished.  Māyām etām taranti te : constant chanting of the  mahā-mantra  will keep us always aloof from the illusory energy of  māyā .
TEXT 3
तस्यार्षास्त्रं धनुषि प्रयुञ्जतः सुवर्णपुङ्क्ताः कलहंसवाससः ।