Shloka 44
Brahmā’s Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa (Brahmā-stuti) and the Restoration of Vraja’s Lunch Pastime
किं किं न विस्मरन्तीह मायामोहितचेतस: । यन्मोहितं जगत् सर्वमभीक्ष्णं विस्मृतात्मकम् ॥ ४४ ॥
kiṁ kiṁ na vismarantīha māyā-mohita-cetasaḥ yan-mohitaṁ jagat sarvam abhīkṣṇaṁ vismṛtātmakam
أيُّ شيءٍ لا ينساه من تاهَ عقلُه بمكرِ المايا؟ فبقوة المايا يبقى الكون كلّه في حيرةٍ دائمة، وفي جوّ النسيان هذا لا يستطيع أحد أن يدرك هويته الحقيقية.
It is clearly stated here that the entire universe is bewildered. Thus even great demigods like Indra and Brahmā are not exempt from the principle of forgetfulness. Since Lord Kṛṣṇa exercised His internal illusory potency over His cowherd boyfriends and calves, it is not at all astonishing that for one year they could not remember their position. Indeed, by the Lord’s external illusory potency the conditioned souls forget their existence not only for one year but for many billions and billions of years as they transmigrate throughout the kingdom of ignorance called the material world.
FAQs
This verse states that when consciousness is deluded by māyā, one repeatedly forgets one’s true spiritual identity, and this same delusion influences the entire world.
After being bewildered by Kṛṣṇa’s divine power in the Brahmā-vimohana episode, Brahmā offers prayers acknowledging that māyā can confound even great beings, and thus ordinary souls are naturally prone to forgetfulness without Kṛṣṇa’s grace.
Recognize that distraction and spiritual forgetfulness are symptoms of māyā, and counter them by steady remembrance of Kṛṣṇa through bhakti practices—hearing, chanting, and humble dependence on the Lord.