🪷 ŚB 3.7.9
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
मैत्रेय उवाच
सेयं भगवतो माया यन्नयेन विरुध्यते ।
ईश्वरस्य विमुक्तस्य कार्पण्यमुत बन्धनम् ॥ ९ ॥
Transliteration
maitreya uvāca
seyaṁ bhagavato māyā
yan nayena virudhyate
īśvarasya vimuktasya
kārpaṇyam uta bandhanam
Synonyms
maitreyaḥ uvāca — Maitreya said; sā iyam — such a statement; bhagavataḥ — of the Personality of Godhead; māyā — illusion; yat — that which; nayena — by logic; virudhyate — becomes contradictory; īśvarasya — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vimuktasya — of the ever liberated; kārpaṇyam — insufficiency; uta — as also, what to speak of; bandhanam — bondage.
Translation
Śrī Maitreya said: Certain conditioned souls put forward the theory that the Supreme Brahman, or the Personality of Godhead, is overcome by illusion, or māyā, and at the same time they maintain that He is unconditioned. This is against all logic.
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