Shloka 12
मायामोह-प्रवर्तन, वेदमार्ग-बहिष्कार, तथा पाषण्ड-संसर्ग-दोषः
Māyāmoha’s Delusion, Rejection of the Vedic Path, and the Fault of Heretical Association
इत्य् अनेकान्तवादं च मायामोहेन नैकधा तेन दर्शयता दैत्याः स्वधर्मांस् त्याजिता द्विज
ity anekāntavādaṃ ca māyāmohena naikadhā tena darśayatā daityāḥ svadharmāṃs tyājitā dvija
یوں مایا-موہ کے فریب سے اُس نے کئی طرح ‘اَनेकانتवाद’ کا پرچار کیا؛ اور اس طرح اسے دکھائے جانے پر، اے دْوِج، دَیتیہوں نے اپنے اپنے سْوَدھرم ترک کر دیے۔
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya; addressing him as dvija)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How the doctrine of many-sidedness was displayed to delude the Daityas into forsaking their ordained duties
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: authoritative
Concept: When māyā presents many-sided, endlessly qualifying views as final truth, beings can be induced to abandon svadharma; steadiness in śāstra-grounded duty protects the path toward liberation.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Hold to a stable sādhana and ethical commitments anchored in Bhagavān and guru-śāstra; treat ‘everything is equally true’ rhetoric with caution when it erodes responsibility and devotion.
Vishishtadvaita: Māyā is Bhagavān-āśritā and can delude the averse; liberation requires positive surrender and service to Viṣṇu, not suspension of determinate dharma.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
It denotes a divinely permitted delusion through which beings—here, the Daityas—are steered into confusion, resulting in the abandonment of their rightful dharma.
He frames it as a teaching presented “in many ways” (naikadhā) that produces uncertainty and thereby dislodges adherence to svadharma, functioning as a narrative mechanism for moral and cosmic decline.
The verse supports the Purāṇic theme that dharma and cosmic order ultimately rest under Vishnu’s sovereignty: deviations occur through māyā’s operation, but the overarching governance of order and restoration remains anchored in the Supreme Lord.