Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6


Sanskrit:

अथाप्यम्बुजपत्राक्ष पुण्यश्लोकशिखामणे ।द्रक्ष्ये मायां यया लोक: सपालो वेद सद्भ‍िदाम् ॥ ६ ॥

ITRANS:

athāpy ambuja-patrākṣapuṇya-śloka-śikhāmaṇedrakṣye māyāṁ yayā lokaḥsa-pālo veda sad-bhidām

Translation:

O lotus-eyed Lord, O crest jewel of renowned personalities, although I am satisfied simply by seeing You, I do wish to see Your illusory potency, by whose influence the entire world, together with its ruling demigods, considers reality to be materially variegated.

Purport:

A conditioned soul sees the material world to be constituted of independent, separate entities. Actually, all things are united, being potencies of the Supreme Lord. Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi is curious to witness the exact process by which māyā, the Lord’s bewildering potency, casts living beings into illusion.