Shloka 41
अध्याय १९० — वामदेव-वाम्य-वृत्तान्तः
The Vāmadeva Horses Episode and the Ethics of Promise
तावत् स्वपिमि विश्वात्मा सर्वभूतानि मोहयन् । एवं सर्वमहं कालमिहास्से मुनिसत्तम
tāvat svapimi viśvātmā sarvabhūtāni mohayān | evaṁ sarvam ahaṁ kālam ihāsse munisattama ||
देव बोले—उतने समय तक मैं विश्वात्मा होकर समस्त प्राणियों को मोहित करता हुआ शयन करता हूँ। हे मुनिसत्तम! इस प्रकार मैं समस्त काल में यहीं स्थित रहता हूँ।
देव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a metaphysical view: the Deity, as the Universal Self, abides through all time and, by a power of delusion, causes beings to fall into ignorance—implying that liberation requires seeing beyond this moha to the underlying Self.
In a dialogue with a great sage, the Deity explains its own cosmic mode of being—described as ‘sleep’—during which all creatures are enveloped in delusion, while the Deity remains present and enduring across time.