मेघा वहन्ति सलिलमुद्धृत्य लवणार्णवात्
The clouds, having drawn up water from the salty ocean, carry it away.
रोगार्ता जन्तवः केचिद्भक्षयन्ति महौषधम्
Some creatures afflicted by disease consume great medicinal herbs.
औषधे दीयमानेऽपि जन्तुः पंचत्वमेति यत्
Even when medicine is administered, sometimes a creature meets its end.
प्रथमं जायते गर्भः पश्चात्संजायते पुमान्
First, the embryo is formed; afterwards, the person is born.
तत इन्द्रियनाशश्च एतन्मायाबलं मम
Then comes the destruction of the senses; this is the power of my illusion.
पुनश्च पत्रादियुतमेतन्मायाबलं मम 125.
Again, this is my power of illusion, endowed with leaves and the like.
तत्रामृतं विसृजामि मायायोगेन भूरिशः
There, by means of illusion, I release the nectar again and again.
भूत्वा वेगेन गरुडो वहाम्यात्मानमात्मना
Becoming Garuḍa with speed, I carry myself by myself.
मायामेतामहं कृत्वा यक्ष्यामि त्रिदिवौकसः
Having created this illusion, I perform sacrifices for the dwellers of heaven.
मायामाङ्गिरसीं कृत्वा याजयामि दिवौकसः
Having assumed the Angirasa illusion, I cause the gods to perform sacrifice.
मायां तु वारुणीं कृत्वा रक्षामि च महार्णवम्
Assuming the Varuṇa illusion, I protect the great ocean.
कुबेरमायामादाय अहं रक्षामि तद्धनम्
Taking the illusion of Kubera, I guard that wealth.
शाक्रीं मायां समास्थाय मया वृत्रो निषूदितः
Assuming the Śākra illusion, I slew Vṛtra.
मेरुं मायामयं कृत्वा वहाम्यादित्यमेव च
Having made Meru out of illusion, I also carry the sun.
वडवामुखमास्थाय पिबामि तदहं जलम् 125.
Assuming the form of the submarine fire, I drink up that water.
यदीदं भाषते लोकः कुत्रैतत्तिष्ठते जलम्
If people ask, 'Where does that water remain?'
मम मायानियोगेन तिष्ठति ह्यौषधं वने
By the power of my illusion, it remains as medicinal plants in the forest.
राजमायामहं कृत्वा पालयामि वसुन्धराम्
Having performed royal illusion, I protect the earth.
प्रविश्य तानहं भूमे मायां लोके सृजाम्यहम्
Entering them, O Earth, I create illusion in the world.
मायामंशुमयीं कृत्वा पूरयाम्यखिलं जगत्
Having made an illusory, radiant form, I fill the entire universe.
मायां सांवर्त्तकीं गृह्य पूरयाम्यखिलं जगत्
Taking up the dissolving illusion, I fill the entire universe.
अनन्तमायया चाहं धारयामि स्वपामि च
With endless illusion, I both sustain and sleep.
देवा यत्र निलीयन्ते सा माया मम कीर्त्तिता
Where the gods take refuge—that is called my illusion.
धारितासि च सुश्रोणि वारान् सप्तदशैव तु
O beautiful-hipped one, you have been upheld for seventeen floods.
मम् मायाबलं ह्येतद्येन तिष्ठाम्यहं जले 125.
This is the power of my illusion, by which I remain in the waters.
तेऽपि मायां न जानन्ति मम मायाविमोहिताः
Even they do not know the illusion, being deluded by my illusion.
मायां पितृमयीं ह्येतां गृह्णामीति च तत्त्वतः
Truly, I take up this illusion composed of the ancestors.
ऋषिर्मायानुसारेण स्त्रिया योनिं प्रवेशितः
The sage, following illusion, entered the womb of a woman.
कराभ्यामञ्जलिं कृत्वा वाक्यमेतत्तदब्रवीत्
Having joined his hands in reverence, he spoke these words.
स्त्रीत्वं चैव पुनः प्राप्तं स्त्रीयोनिं चैव प्रापितः
He again obtained womanhood and was placed in a woman's womb.