Shloka 7
Adhyaya 19 — Kartavirya Arjuna at Dattatreya’s Ashram: Boons, Sovereignty, and Vaishnava Praise
अर्जुन उवाच किं मां मोहयसि देव ! स्वां मायां समुपाश्रितः ।
अनघस्त्वं तथैवेयं देवी सर्वभवारणिः ॥
arjuna uvāca kiṃ māṃ mohayasi deva! svāṃ māyāṃ samupāśritaḥ / anaghas tvaṃ tathaivaiyaṃ devī sarvabhavāraṇiḥ
阿周那说：神圣者啊，你为何依凭自身的幻力（māyā）来迷惑我？你本无过失——而此（女子）亦是女神（Devī），能摧灭一切生起与流转。
FAQs
Discernment (viveka) is praised: the king refuses to be trapped by appearances and recognizes the divine reality behind the test, affirming that true purity is compatible with divine play (māyā) when rightly understood.
Ākhyāna with theological emphasis: it teaches tattva (principle) about māyā and Devī within a royal narrative; not a sarga/manvantara catalogue passage.
The ‘woman’ as Devī indicates that śakti can appear in alluring forms; the adept must see through surface dualities (pure/impure, sacred/profane) to the underlying divine power—without collapsing into indulgence.