Shloka 15

Sañjaya’s Knowledge of Keśava and the Discipline of Indriya-nigraha (संजयस्य केशवज्ञानम्—इन्द्रियनिग्रह-उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

तेन वज्चयते लोकान्‌ मायायोगेन केशव: । ये तमेव प्रपद्यन्ते न ते मुहान्ति मानवा:

Transliteration

tena vañcayate lokān māyāyogena keśavaḥ | ye tam eva prapadyante na te muhyanti mānavāḥ ||

Translation

ಭಗವಾನ್ ಕೇಶವನು ಮಾಯಾಯೋಗದಿಂದ ಲೋಕಗಳನ್ನು ಮೋಹಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಆದರೆ ಅವನನ್ನೇ ಶರಣಾಗುವ ಮಾನವರು ಆ ಮಾಯೆಯಿಂದ ಮರುಳಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.

Word by Word

• तेन: by that (means)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वञ्चयते: deludes, deceives
• Type: Verb
• Root: वञ्च्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• लोकान्: worlds/people
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• माया-योगेन: by the power/means of māyā-yoga
• माया-योगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया-योग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• केशवः: Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• केशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एव: alone, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• प्रपद्यन्ते: take refuge (in), surrender to
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-पद्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुह्यन्ति: are deluded, become confused
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मानवाः: humans, men
• मानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• māyā
• loka (the world/people)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Māyā can bewilder ordinary perception, but exclusive refuge in Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)—trusting the divine as the highest guide—protects one from delusion and moral confusion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya comments on Kṛṣṇa’s divine power: He can cast beings into delusion through māyā, yet devotees who surrender to Him are not overcome by that same deluding force.