माया ह्येषा मया सृष्टा यत्पुमांसं स्त्रियं सतीम् । मन्यसे नोभयं यद्वै हंसौ पश्यावयोर्गतिम् ॥ ६१ ॥
maya hy esa maya srsta yat pumamsam striyam satim manyase nobhayam yad vai hamsau pasyavayor gatim
- maya
- illusory energy
- hi
- certainly
- esa
- this
- maya
- by Me
- srsta
- created
- yat
- from which
- pumamsam
- a male
- striyam
- a female
- satim
- chaste
- manyase
- you think
- na
- not
- ubhayam
- both
- yat
- because
- vai
- certainly
- hamsau
- freed from material contamination
- pasya
- just see
- avayoh
- our
- gatim
- factual position.
Sometimes you think yourself a man, sometimes a chaste woman and sometimes a neutral eunuch. This is all because of the body, which is created by the illusory energy. This illusory energy is My potency, and actually both of us—you and I—are pure spiritual identities. Now just try to understand this. I am trying to explain our factual position.