सैषा विष्णोर्महामायाबाध्ययालक्षणा यया । मुह्यन्त्यस्यैवात्मभूता भूतेषु गुणवृत्तिभि: ॥ २९ ॥
saiṣā viṣṇor mahā-māyā- bādhyayālakṣaṇā yayā muhyanty asyaivātma-bhūtā bhūteṣu guṇa-vṛttibhiḥ
- sā eṣā
- this very
- viṣṇoḥ
- of the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu
- mahā-māyā
- the illusory material energy
- abādhyayā
- by her who cannot be checked
- alakṣaṇā
- indiscernible
- yayā
- by whom
- muhyanti
- become bewildered
- asya
- of the Lord
- eva
- indeed
- ātma-bhūtāḥ
- the part-and-parcel spirit souls
- bhūteṣu
- within their material bodies
- guṇa
- of the modes of nature
- vṛttibhiḥ
- by the functions
This is indeed the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu’s illusory energy, which is unstoppable and difficult to perceive. Although the individual spirit souls are part and parcel of the Lord, through the influence of this illusory energy they are bewildered by their identification with various material bodies.