Maya Panchakam

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• verse 1

  निरुपमनित्यनिरंशकेऽप्यखण्डे –मयि चिति सर्वविकल्पनादिशून्ये ।घटयति जगदीशजीवभेदं –त्वघटितघटनापटीयसी माया ॥ 1 ॥

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  nirupamanityaniraṃśakē'pyakhaṇḍē –mayi chiti sarvavikalpanādiśūnyē ।ghaṭayati jagadīśajīvabhēdaṃ –tvaghaṭitaghaṭanāpaṭīyasī māyā ॥ 1 ॥

  meaning

  Though I am peerless, eternal, partless, undivided pure consciousness free of all conceptual variation, Maya — adept at making the impossible — fashions in me the difference of God and individual soul.

• verse 2

  श्रुतिशतनिगमान्तशोधकान-प्यहह धनादिनिदर्शनेन सद्यः ।कलुषयति चतुष्पदाद्यभिन्ना-नघटितघटनापटीयसी माया ॥ 2 ॥

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  śrutiśatanigamāntaśōdhakāna-pyahaha dhanādinidarśanēna sadyaḥ ।kaluṣayati chatuṣpadādyabhinnā-naghaṭitaghaṭanāpaṭīyasī māyā ॥ 2 ॥

  meaning

  Alas, even those who have sifted hundreds of shrutis and Vedanta texts she at once defiles by the sight of wealth, making them no different from beasts — Maya, adept at making the impossible.

• verse 3

  सुखचिदखण्डविबोधमद्वितीयं –वियदनलादिविनिर्मिते नियोज्य ।भ्रमयति भवसागरे नितान्तं –त्वघटितघटनापटीयसी माया ॥ 3 ॥

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  sukhachidakhaṇḍavibōdhamadvitīyaṃ –viyadanalādivinirmitē niyōjya ।bhramayati bhavasāgarē nitāntaṃ –tvaghaṭitaghaṭanāpaṭīyasī māyā ॥ 3 ॥

  meaning

  Yoking the blissful undivided non-dual awareness to a body made of ether, fire and the rest, she whirls one ceaselessly in the ocean of becoming — Maya, adept at making the impossible.

• verse 4

  अपगतगुणवर्णजातिभेदे –सुखचिति विप्रविडाद्यहङ्कृतिं च ।स्फुटयति सुतदारगेहमोहं –त्वघटितघटनापटीयसी माया ॥ 4 ॥

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  apagataguṇavarṇajātibhēdē –sukhachiti vipraviḍādyahaṅkṛtiṃ cha ।sphuṭayati sutadāragēhamōhaṃ –tvaghaṭitaghaṭanāpaṭīyasī māyā ॥ 4 ॥

  meaning

  In blissful consciousness which is free of attribute, colour, caste and division, she bursts forth the ego of brahmin and shudra and the delusion of son, wife and home — Maya, adept at making the impossible.

• verse 5

  विधिहरिहरविभेदमप्यखण्डे –बत विरचय्य बुधानपि प्रकामम् ।भ्रमयति हरिहरभेदभावा-नघटितघटनापटीयसी माया ॥ 5 ॥

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  vidhihariharavibhēdamapyakhaṇḍē –bata virachayya budhānapi prakāmam ।bhramayati hariharabhēdabhāvā-naghaṭitaghaṭanāpaṭīyasī māyā ॥ 5 ॥

  meaning

  Even in the undivided One she fabricates the distinction of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, and infatuates even the wise with the notion of Hari and Hara as separate — Maya, adept at making the impossible.