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Mohinī-mūrti Bewilders Lord Śiva
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potencies. And the Patañjala philosophers, the followers of Patañjali Muni, regard You as the supreme independent Personality of Godhead, who has no equal or superior.
TEXT 10
नाहं परायुर्ध्वयो न मरीचिमुख्या 
  जानन्ति यद्विरचितं खलु सत्त्वसर्गाः । 
  यन्मायया मुषितचेतस ईश दैत्य- 
  मत्यादयः किमुत शश्वदमद्रष्टृताः ॥१०॥
nāham parāyur ṛṣayo na marīci-mukhyā 
  jānanti yad-viracitam khalu sattva-sargāḥ 
  yan-māyayā muṣita-cetasa īśa daitya- 
  martyādayaḥ kim uta śaśvad-abhadra-vṛttāḥ
na —neither;  aham —I;  para-āyuḥ —that personality who lives for millions and millions of years (Lord Brahmā);  ṛṣayaḥ —the seven  ṛṣis  of the seven planets;  na —nor;  marīci-mukhyāḥ —headed by Marīci  Ṛṣi ;  jānanti —know;  yat —by whom (the Supreme Lord);  viracitam —this universe, which has been created;  khalu —indeed;  sattva-sargāḥ —although born in the mode of material goodness;  yat-māyayā —by the influence of whose energy;  muṣita-cetasaḥ —their hearts are bewildered;  īśa —O my Lord;  daitya —the demons;  martya-ādayaḥ —the human beings and others;  kim uta —what to speak of;  śaśvat —always;  abhadra-vṛttāḥ —influenced by the base qualities of material nature.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, I, who am considered to be the best of the demigods, and Lord Brahmā and the great  ṛṣis , headed by Marīci, are born of the mode of goodness. Nonetheless, we are bewildered by Your illusory energy and cannot understand what this creation is. Aside from us, what is to be said of others, like the demons and human beings, who are in the base modes of material nature [rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa]? How will they know You?