Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 44
Brahmā’s Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa (Brahmā-stuti) and the Restoration of Vraja’s Lunch Pastime
किं किं न विस्मरन्तीह मायामोहितचेतस: । यन्मोहितं जगत् सर्वमभीक्ष्णं विस्मृतात्मकम् ॥ ४४ ॥
kiṁ kiṁ na vismarantīha māyā-mohita-cetasaḥ yan-mohitaṁ jagat sarvam abhīkṣṇaṁ vismṛtātmakam
Ano ang hindi nalilimutan ng mga taong ang isip ay nalilito ng Māyā? Sa kapangyarihang iyon ng Māyā, ang buong sansinukob ay laging nababalot ng pagkalito, at sa ganitong kalagayan ng pagkalimot, walang sinuman ang makauunawa sa tunay niyang pagkakakilanlan.
It is clearly stated here that the entire universe is bewildered. Thus even great demigods like Indra and Brahmā are not exempt from the principle of forgetfulness. Since Lord Kṛṣṇa exercised His internal illusory potency over His cowherd boyfriends and calves, it is not at all astonishing that for one year they could not remember their position. Indeed, by the Lord’s external illusory potency the conditioned souls forget their existence not only for one year but for many billions and billions of years as they transmigrate throughout the kingdom of ignorance called the material world.
FAQs
This verse states that when consciousness is deluded by māyā, one repeatedly forgets one’s true spiritual identity, and this same delusion influences the entire world.
After being bewildered by Kṛṣṇa’s divine power in the Brahmā-vimohana episode, Brahmā offers prayers acknowledging that māyā can confound even great beings, and thus ordinary souls are naturally prone to forgetfulness without Kṛṣṇa’s grace.
Recognize that distraction and spiritual forgetfulness are symptoms of māyā, and counter them by steady remembrance of Kṛṣṇa through bhakti practices—hearing, chanting, and humble dependence on the Lord.