श्रीनारद उवाच दृष्टा मया ते बहुशो दुरत्यया माया विभो विश्वसृजश्च मायिन: । भूतेषु भूमंश्चरत: स्वशक्तिभि- र्वह्नेरिवच्छन्नरुचो न मेऽद्भुतम् ॥ ३७ ॥
śrī-nārada uvāca dṛṣṭā māyā te bahuśo duratyayā māyā vibho viśva-sṛjaś ca māyinaḥ bhūteṣu bhūmaṁś carataḥ sva-śaktibhir vahner iva cchanna-ruco na me ’dbhutam
- śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Nārada said
- dṛṣṭā
- seen
- mayā
- by me
- te
- Your
- bahuśaḥ
- many times
- duratyayā
- insurmountable
- māyā
- power of illusion
- vibho
- O almighty one
- viśva
- of the universe
- sṛjaḥ
- of the creator (Lord Brahmā)
- ca
- and
- māyinaḥ
- of the bewilderer (You)
- bhūteṣu
- among the created beings
- bhūman
- O all-encompassing one
- carataḥ
- (of You) who move
- sva
- Your own
- śaktibhiḥ
- by energies
- vahneḥ
- of fire
- iva
- as
- channa
- covered
- rucaḥ
- whose light
- na
- not
- me
- for me
- adbhutam
- amazing
Śrī Nārada said: I have seen many times the insurmountable power of Your Māyā, O almighty one, by which You bewilder even the creator of the universe, Brahmā. O all-encompassing Lord, it does not surprise me that You disguise Yourself by Your own energies while moving among the created beings, as a fire covers its own light with smoke.