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Srimad Bhagavatam 5.17.24

5.17.24

यन्निर्मितां कर्ह्यपि कर्मपर्वणींमायां जनोऽयं गुणसर्गमोहित: । न वेद निस्तारणयोगमञ्जसातस्मै नमस्ते विलयोदयात्मने ॥ २४ ॥

yan-nirmitam karhy api karma-parvanim mayam jano ’yam guna-sarga-mohitah na veda nistarana-yogam anjasa tasmai namas te vilayodayatmane

yat
by whom
nirmitam
created
karhi api
at any time
karma-parvanim
which ties the knots of fruitive activity
mayam
the illusory energy
janah
a person
ayam
this
guna-sarga-mohitah
bewildered by the three modes of material nature
na
not
veda
knows
nistarana-yogam
the process of getting out of material entanglement
anjasa
soon
tasmai
unto Him (the Supreme)
namah
respectful obeisances
te
unto You
vilaya-udaya-atmane
in whom everything is annihilated and from whom everything is again manifested

The illusory energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead binds all of us conditioned souls to this material world. Therefore, without being favored by Him, persons like us cannot understand how to get out of that illusory energy. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the Lord, who is the cause of creation and annihilation.