Shiva Purana
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किमत्र कारणं ब्रूहि ज्ञानिनोरपि नो मनः ॥ मोहेन व्याकुलं जातं महत्येषां हि मूर्खता ॥ ४६ ॥
Sivapurāṇa What is the reason hereof? Please say. Wise though we are, our minds are afflicted and agitated by delusion. This is great foolishness.
english translation
kimatra kAraNaM brUhi jJAninorapi no manaH ॥ mohena vyAkulaM jAtaM mahatyeSAM hi mUrkhatA ॥ 46 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptऋषि उवाच ॥ महामाया जगद्धात्री शक्तिरूपा सनातनी ॥ सा मोहयति सर्वेषां समाकृष्य मनांसि वै॥ ४७॥
The sage said:— The great Māyā in the form of the eternal Śakti is the material cause of the universe. It is this that drags the minds of all and makes them deluded.
english translation
RSi uvAca ॥ mahAmAyA jagaddhAtrI zaktirUpA sanAtanI ॥ sA mohayati sarveSAM samAkRSya manAMsi vai॥ 47॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptब्रह्मादयस्सुरास्सर्वे यन्मायामोहिताः प्रभो ॥ न जानन्ति परन्तत्त्वं मनुष्याणां च का कथा ॥ ४८ ॥
O lord, Brahmā and other gods deluded by this Māyā do not realise the truth. What then is the story of men?
english translation
brahmAdayassurAssarve yanmAyAmohitAH prabho ॥ na jAnanti parantattvaM manuSyANAM ca kA kathA ॥ 48 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptसा सृजत्यखिलं विश्वं सैव पालयतीति च ॥ सैव संहरते काले त्रिगुणा परमेश्वरी ॥ ४९॥
That alone, Parameśvarī of three attributes, creates the universe; she alone sustains it and she alone destroys it at the proper time.
english translation
sA sRjatyakhilaM vizvaM saiva pAlayatIti ca ॥ saiva saMharate kAle triguNA paramezvarI ॥ 49॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptयस्योपरि प्रसन्ना सा वरदा कामरूपिणी॥ स एव मोहमत्येति नान्यथा नृपसत्तम ॥ ५०॥
O excellent king, only he surmounts this delusion on whom the favourite goddess who assumes forms as she pleases becomes delighted.
english translation
yasyopari prasannA sA varadA kAmarUpiNI॥ sa eva mohamatyeti nAnyathA nRpasattama ॥ 50॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript