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.
तस्य ब्राह्मणमुख्यस्य स्त्रीत्वे यत्कर्म पापकम्
Whatever sinful act was done in womanhood by that foremost Brahmin—
मधुरं वाक्यमादाय प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम्
Taking up sweet words, he replied to the Earth.
माया मम विशालाक्षि रोहिणी लोमहर्षिणी
O wide-eyed one, Rohiṇī, my Māyā is wondrous and hair-raising.
गतो गतीरनेकाश्च उत्तमाधममध्यमाः
She has taken on many forms and paths—excellent, middling, and low.
यथा ब्राह्मणमुख्येन प्राप्ता स्त्रीयोनिरेव च 125.
Just as, through the foremost of Brāhmaṇas, the origin of women was attained.
ममैवाराधनपरो मम कर्मपरायणः
He was devoted to my worship and steadfast in performing my deeds.
अयं दीर्घेण कालेन तस्य तुष्टोऽस्मि सुन्दरि
O beautiful one, over a long period, I became pleased with him.
ततस्तस्य मया देवि दत्त्वा दर्शनमुत्तमम्
Then, O goddess, I granted him a supreme vision.
वरं वरय भद्रं ते तव यद्धृदि वर्त्तते
Choose a boon, auspicious one, whatever abides in your heart.
अथवेच्छसि तं स्वर्गं यत्र सौख्यं वराङ्गनाः
Or if you desire that heaven where happiness and lovely women dwell—