Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 Verse 14
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 7 श्लोक 14

दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया।
मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते।।7.14।।



हिंदी अनुवाद - स्वामी रामसुख दास जी ( भगवद् गीता 7.14)
।।7.14।।क्योंकि मेरी यह गुणमयी दैवी माया बड़ी दुरत्यय है अर्थात् इससे पार पाना बड़ा कठिन है। जो केवल मेरे ही शरण होते हैं वे इस मायाको तर जाते हैं।


English Translation of Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya's
7.14 Hi, since; esa, this, aforesaid; daivi, divine; Maya mama, of Mine, of God, of Visnu, which (Maya) is My own; and which is guna-mayi, constituted by the gunas; is duratyaya, difficult to cross over; therefore, this being so, ye, those who; wholeheartedly prapadyante, take refuge; mam eva, in Me alone, in Me who am the Master of Maya and who am their own Self, by giving up all forms of rites and duties; te, they; taranti, cross over; etam, this; mayam, Maya, which deludes all beings. That is to say, they become freed from the bondage of the world.
If it is that those who resort to You cross over this Maya, why then do not all take refuge in You alone? This is being answered:


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
7.14 Daivi  etc.  Deva  means  one who plays.  What is born of  (or exists in)  him is daivi  play.  Hence, the meaning is :  This is My play.  Due to this [play-trick],  the  [Strands]  Sattva etc.,  even though they are not really different  from the Supreme Brahman,  the Pure Consciousness, manifest as different  from That.  This  [differentiation] itself  accounts for their  secondary nature i.e.,  the nature of being an object of enjoyment i.e.,  being dependent on the existence of the enjoyer. This peculiarity of dual-nature is inexplicable for the persons of mundane life.  Hence to them it is a trick-of-Illusion. Therefore, those who have realised the light of the Brahman,  the Supreme Reality, and find the universe as not distinct from that  [Brahman],  they  [alone]  cross over the trick-off-Illusion which is of the nature of manifesting in duality and is in the form of the dependent  status of the Strands,  Sattva etc.  This is the idea indicated by  alone  in  Me alone.  On the other hand those who would find just the manifestation of duality as they  [appear to]  exist - they do not across over the trick-of-Illusion.  Thus it is rightly said  I am not in them (in the beings of the Sattva etc.)  etc.


English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary
7.14 (a) This Maya of Mine consists of the three Gunas, Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. Because it is created by Me, the Divine, for purpose of sport, it is divine in its power and therefore difficult to overcome.

The word Maya is used for the effects of the three Gunas, because it has got the power of generating wonderful effects as in the case of the magic of Asuras and Raksasas. See the passages:  Then the excellent discus, the flaming Sudarsana, was despatched by the Lord to defend the boy. The thousand Mayas or wonderfully created weapons of the evil-designed Sambara were foiled one after another, by that ickly moving discus, for protecting the body of the boy (V. P., 1.19. 19-20).

Here the term Maya does not signify the sense of false. Even with regard to magicians, when the term, Mayavin (one who possesses Maya) is used, there is origination of real impressions with the aid of certain incantations, herbs etc., though the objects created are illusory things. Accordingly the term Maya denotes the incantations, herbs etc., which have got the power of creating real impressions. Inasmuch as the sense of the term should be invariable, following the usage in all cases, the term Maya can be applied to the illusory objects, only in a secondary sense, while its primary sense in regard to the real impressions generated in the mind. It is just like in the statement The cots cry.

The Maya of the Lord, which is absolutely real and which consists of the Gunas, is alone taught in the texts like, Know then Maya to be the Prakrti and the possessor of the Maya to be the great Lord (Sve. U., 4.10). It not only obscures the essential nature of the Lord but also creates the condition of the mind that sees its objects as enjoyable. Therefore, the entire universe, deluded by the Lords Maya, does not know the Lord who is of the nature of boundless beatitude. (On the other hand they feel objects set forth by Maya as enjoyable).

Sri Krsna teaches the way of deliverance from Maya:

(b) But those who take refuge in Me alone - Me whose resolves are always true, who has supreme compassion, and who is the refuge of all beings without exception and without consideration of their particular status - such persons shall pass beyond this Maya of Mine consisting of the three Gunas. The meaning is that they worship Me alone, renouncing the Maya.

Why, then do all not take recourse to refuge in the Lord which is conducive to the worship of the Lord?


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 7.14Daivee hyeshaa gunamayee mama maayaa duratyayaa;
Maameva ye prapadyante maayaametaam taranti te.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 7.14daivī—divine; hi—certainly; eṣhā—this; guṇa-mayī—consisting of the three modes of nature; mama—my; māyā—one of God’s energies. It that veils God’s true nature from souls who have not yet attained the eligibility for God-realization; duratyayā—very difficult to overcome; mām—unto me; eva—certainly; ye—who; prapadyante—surrender; māyām etām—this Maya; taranti—cross over; te—they