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The Descent of the River Ganges
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yat —by whom;  nirmitām —created;  karhi api —at any time;  karma-parvaṇīm —which ties the knots of fruitive activity;  māyām —the illusory energy;  janaḥ —a person;  ayam —this;  guṇa-sarga-mohitaḥ —bewildered by the three modes of material nature;  na —not;  veda —knows;  nistāraṇa-yogam —the process of getting out of material entanglement;  añjasā —soon;  tasmai —unto Him (the Supreme);  namaḥ —respectful obeisances;  te —unto You;  vilaya-udaya-ātmane —in whom everything is annihilated and from whom everything is again manifested.
TRANSLATION
The illusory energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead binds all of us conditioned souls to this material world. Therefore, without being favored by Him, persons like us cannot understand how to get out of that illusory energy. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the Lord, who is the cause of creation and annihilation.
PURPORT
Kṛṣṇa clearly states in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.14):
daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te
“This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.” All conditioned souls working within the illusory energy of the Lord consider the body to be the self, and thus they continuously wander throughout the universe, taking birth in different species of life and creating more and more problems. Sometimes they become disgusted with the problems and seek out a process by which they can get out of this entanglement. Unfortunately, such so-called research workers are unaware of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His illusory energy, and thus all of them work only in darkness, never finding a way out. So-called scientists and advanced research