Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 37
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द्रव्यक्रियाहेत्वयनेशकर्तृभि- र्मायागुणैर्वस्तुनिरीक्षितात्मने । अन्वीक्षयाङ्गातिशयात्मबुद्धिभि- र्निरस्तमायाकृतये नमो नम: ॥ ३७ ॥
dravya-kriyā-hetv-ayaneśa-kartṛbhir māyā-guṇair vastu-nirīkṣitātmane anvīkṣayāṅgātiśayātma-buddhibhir nirasta-māyākṛtaye namo namaḥ
物質的享楽の対象—音・形・味・触・香—感官の働き、それを司る神々、身体、永遠の時、そして我執は、すべてあなたのマーヤーのグナによる創造である。神秘ヨーガを完全に修めて बुद्धि を定めた者は、精妙な観察によって、これらがあなたの外的エネルギーの結果であると見、さらに万物の背後に遍在するパラマートマンとしてのあなたの超越の御姿をも観ずる。ゆえに私は、マーヤーの造作を退けるあなたに、重ねて礼拝を捧げる。
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.