मन्यमान इदं विश्वं मायारचितमात्मनि । अविद्यारचितस्वप्नगन्धर्वनगरोपमम् ॥ १५ ॥
manyamana idam visvam maya-racitam atmani avidya-racita-svapna- gandharva-nagaropamam
- manyamanah
- realizing
- idam
- this
- visvam
- universe
- maya
- by the external energy
- racitam
- manufactured
- atmani
- unto the living entity
- avidya
- by illusion
- racita
- manufactured
- svapna
- a dream
- gandharva-nagara
- phantasmagoria
- upamam
- like.
Srila Dhruva Maharaja realized that this cosmic manifestation bewilders living entities like a dream or phantasmagoria because it is a creation of the illusory, external energy of the Supreme Lord.