🪷 ŚB 10.13.45

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Sanskrit

तम्यां तमोवन्नैहारं खद्योतार्चिरिवाहनि । महतीतरमायैश्यं निहन्त्यात्मनि युञ्जत: ॥ ४५ ॥

Transliteration

tamyāṁ tamovan naihāraṁ khadyotārcir ivāhani mahatītara-māyaiśyaṁ nihanty ātmani yuñjataḥ
Synonyms
tamyām — on a dark night; tamaḥ-vat — just as darkness; naihāram — produced by snow; khadyota-arciḥ — the light of a glowworm; iva — just as; ahani — in the daytime, in the sunlight; mahati — in a great personality; itara-māyā — inferior mystic potency; aiśyam — the ability; nihanti — destroys; ātmani — in his own self; yuñjataḥ — of the person who attempts to use.

Translation

As the darkness of snow on a dark night and the light of a glowworm in the light of day have no value, the mystic power of an inferior person who tries to use it against a person of great power is unable to accomplish anything; instead, the power of that inferior person is diminished.

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