Text 10] Mohini-marti Bewilders Lord Siva 111

potencies. And the Patafjala philosophers, the followers of
Patafijali Muni, regard You as the supreme independent Per-
sonality of Godhead, who has no equal or superior.

TEXT 10
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Tater Tachdiay aaa: |
TAT gaara wy 2a-
ANA: YA TACAATM!? 11 Roll

naham paradyur rsayo na marici-mukhya
j@nanti yad-viracitam khalu sattva-sargah

yan-mayayd musita-cetasa isa daitya-
martyddayah kim uta Sasvad-abhadra-vrttah

na—neither; aham—I; para-dyuh—that personality who lives for
millions and millions of years (Lord Brahma); rsayah—the seven rsis of
the seven planets; na—nor; marici-mukhyah—headed by Marici Rsi;
jananti—know; yat—by whom (the Supreme Lord); viracitam—this
universe, which has been created; khalu—indeed; sattva-sargah—al-
though born in the mode of material goodness; yat-mayayd—by the in-
fluence of whose energy; musita-cetasah—their hearts are bewildered;
isa—O my Lord; daitya—the demons; martya-ddayah—the human
beings and others; kim uta—what to speak of; sasvat—always; abhadra-
urttah —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 Brahma and the great rsis, headed by Marici, are born of
the mode of goodness. Nonetheless, we are bewildered by Your il-
lusory 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-guna
and tamo-guna]? How will they know You?
