Adhyaya 24 — Kuvalayashva’s Refusal of Gifts and the Vision of Madalasa’s Maya
मायेति दर्शिता तेन मिथ्या मायेति यत्स्फुटम् ।
वाय्वम्बुतेजसां भूमेराकाशस्य च चेष्टया ॥
māyeti darśitā tena mithyā māyeti yat sphuṭam |
vāyv ambu-tejasāṃ bhūmer ākāśasya ca ceṣṭayā ||
তেওঁৰ দ্বাৰা স্পষ্টকৈ দেখুওৱা হ’ল যে এইটো মায়া—নিশ্চয় মিথ্যা মায়া; যি বায়ু, জল, অগ্নি, পৃথিৱী আৰু আকাশৰ ক্ৰিয়াৰ দ্বাৰা চলিত হয়।
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What appears compelling can be constructed from elemental processes; therefore one should not grant ultimate reality to sense-appearances.
Not a pancalakṣaṇa core (creation/manvantara/lineage), but a philosophical aside within narrative, consistent with Purāṇic pedagogy.
The five elements represent the field of experience; māyā is the misapprehension arising when consciousness identifies with their movements.