Shloka 73

Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः

Devanagari script

असृजच्च महातेजाः पुरुषं चात्मसंभवम् मायी मायामयं तेषां धर्मविघ्नार्थमच्युतः

Transliteration

asṛjacca mahātejāḥ puruṣaṃ cātmasaṃbhavam māyī māyāmayaṃ teṣāṃ dharmavighnārthamacyutaḥ

Translation

तब महातेजस्वी अच्युत प्रभु ने अपने ही आत्मतत्त्व से उत्पन्न एक पुरुष की सृष्टि की। माया के स्वामी होकर उन्होंने उनके धर्म में विघ्न डालने हेतु उसे मायामय बना दिया॥

Word by Word

• असृजत्: created/projected

• च: and

• महातेजाः: of great radiance/splendor

• पुरुषम्: a person/a cosmic male being

• च: and

• आत्मसंभवम्: self-born, arising from His own essence

• मायी: the wielder of Māyā/one who possesses illusory power

• मायामयम्: constituted of Māyā, formed of illusion

• तेषाम्: of them/for them

• धर्मविघ्नार्थम्: for the purpose of obstructing dharma

• अच्युतः: the Unfailing One (Acyuta)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purāṇic account to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)