Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 37
Varṣa-devatā Worship in Jambūdvīpa: Hayagrīva/Hayaśīrṣa, Nṛsiṁha, Kāmadeva (Pradyumna), Matsya, Kūrma, and Varāha
द्रव्यक्रियाहेत्वयनेशकर्तृभि- र्मायागुणैर्वस्तुनिरीक्षितात्मने । अन्वीक्षयाङ्गातिशयात्मबुद्धिभि- र्निरस्तमायाकृतये नमो नम: ॥ ३७ ॥
dravya-kriyā-hetv-ayaneśa-kartṛbhir māyā-guṇair vastu-nirīkṣitātmane anvīkṣayāṅgātiśayātma-buddhibhir nirasta-māyākṛtaye namo namaḥ
The objects of material enjoyment—sound, form, taste, touch, and smell—the workings of the senses, their presiding devas, the body, eternal time, and false ego are all creations of the guṇas of Your māyā-energy. Those whose intelligence is steadied by perfect mystic yoga see, through subtle inquiry, that all these arise from Your external potency, and they behold Your transcendental form as Paramātmā in the background of everything. Therefore I offer You obeisances again and again, O You who nullify the fabrications of māyā.
The objects of material enjoyment, the sensory activities, attachment to sensual pleasure, the body, false egotism and so on are produced by the Lord’s external energy, māyā. The background of all these activities is the living being, and the director of the living beings is the Supersoul. The living being is not the all in all. He is directed by the Supersoul. In Bhagavad-gītā (15.15) Kṛṣṇa confirms this:
FAQs
This verse teaches that māyā’s coverings are removed by deep spiritual inquiry (anvīkṣā) and by awakened intelligence fixed on the Supreme Self, leading one to perceive the Lord within all things.
Because the Supreme Lord remains the ultimate overseer behind material ingredients, actions, causes, time’s flow, the senses, and all agents—yet He is distinct from māyā and can be realized as the indwelling Self.
Practice sincere self-inquiry and scriptural reflection, and cultivate God-centered intelligence—seeing the Lord’s presence within people and circumstances—so that anxiety born of material identification gradually weakens.