Surya Siddhanta
अल्पावशिष्टे तु कृते मयो नाम महासुरः। रहस्यम् परमम् पुण्यम् जिज्ञासुर् ज्ञानम् उत्तमम् ॥
Some time before the end of the Krita yuga, a great Demon named Maya, being desirous of obtaining the sound, secret, excellent, sacred and complete knowledge of Astronomy
english translation
alpAvaziSTe tu kRte mayo nAma mahAsuraH। rahasyam paramam puNyam jijJAsur jJAnam uttamam ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript