Shloka 25
Adhyaya 81 — Suratha and Samadhi Seek Sage Medhas; Introduction to Mahamaya and the Madhukaitabha Origin Account
किमेतन्नाभिजानामि जानन्नपि महामते ।
यत्प्रेमप्रवणं चित्तं विगुणेष्वपि बन्धुषु ॥
kim etan nābhijānāmi jānann api mahā-mate |
yat prema-pravaṇaṃ cittaṃ viguṇeṣv api bandhuṣu ||
اے بزرگ دل! یہ کیا بات ہے کہ میں بہت کچھ جانتے ہوئے بھی ٹھیک طرح نہیں سمجھ پاتا—کہ دل بےخصلت رشتہ داروں کی طرف بھی محبت ہی کو کیوں مائل ہوتا ہے؟
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FAQs
Discernment (jñāna) alone may not dissolve attachment; emotional conditioning and identity-based bonds can overpower rational evaluation. This motivates the need for a higher explanatory principle and a practical path.
Didactic frame; not directly sarga/pratisarga etc. It introduces the metaphysical explanation later given in the Devi Mahatmyam: the Goddess as the power of delusion and wisdom.
The ‘knowing yet not knowing’ signals two levels: intellectual knowledge vs realized knowledge. The binding affection indicates the subtle operation of Śakti as Mahāmāyā that sustains worldly identification.