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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
ऋषि 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
ब्रह्मादयस्सुरास्सर्वे 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
सा 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
यस्योपरि 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.
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