BG 7.14

This divine illusion is difficult to overcome. Only those who surrender themselves entirely to me can accomplish it.

दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया
मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते

daivī — divine
hyeṣhā — this indeed
- hi — certainly
- eṣhā — this
guṇa-mayī — consisting of the three qualities of nature
- guṇa — qualities of nature
- mayī
mama — my
māyā — illusion
duratyayā — very difficult to overcome
mām — unto me
eva — certainly
ye — who
prapadyante — surrender
māyām — this illusion
etāṁ — of mine
taranti — cross over
te — they

I am the source of all that is pure, all that is passionate, and all that is ignorant. They are within me, but I am not within them.

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Deluded by these three qualities of nature (purity, passion, and ignorance), the entire world fails to recognize the supreme and imperishable.

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This divine illusion is difficult to overcome. Only those who surrender themselves entirely to me can accomplish it.

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The evil doers, the ignorant, the hedonistic, and deprived, all do not surrender to me.

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