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Bhagavad Gita 7.14

दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया। मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते।।

daivī hyeṣhā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
daivīdaivīdivine
hihicertainly
eṣhāeṣhāthis
guṇa-mayīguṇa-mayīconsisting of the three modes of nature
mamamamamy
māyāmāyāone of God’s energies. It that veils God’s true nature from souls who have not yet attained the eligibility for God-realization
duratyayāduratyayāvery difficult to overcome
māmmāmunto me
evaevacertainly
yeyewho
prapadyanteprapadyantesurrender
māyām etāmmāyām etāmthis Maya
tarantitaranticross over
tetethey

Verily, this divine illusion of Mine, composed of the three qualities, is difficult to cross over; those who take refuge in Me alone, can cross over this illusion.

यह दैवी त्रिगुणमयी मेरी माया बड़ी दुस्तर है। परन्तु जो मेरी शरण में आते हैं, वे इस माया को पार कर जाते हैं।।