Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43


Sanskrit:

अयि व्यपश्यस्त्वमजस्य मायांपरस्य पुंस: परदेवताया: । अहं कलानामृषभोऽपि मुह्येययावशोऽन्ये किमुतास्वतन्त्रा: ॥ ४३ ॥

ITRANS:

ayi vyapaśyas tvam ajasya māyāṁparasya puṁsaḥ para-devatāyāḥahaṁ kalānām ṛṣabho ’pi muhyeyayāvaśo ’nye kim utāsvatantrāḥ

Translation:

Lord Śiva said: O Goddess, you have now seen the illusory energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the unborn master of everyone. Although I am one of the principal expansions of His Lordship, even I was illusioned by His energy. What then is to be said of others, who are fully dependent on māyā?

Purport: