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  • vilajjamānayā yasya sthātum īkṣā-pathe’muyā |
    vimohitā vikatthante mamāham iti durdhiyaḥ ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 2.5.13)

    “The ignorant, deluded by māyā, who is ashamed to stand in Vāsudeva’s purview, boast of ‘I’ and ‘mine’.”

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  • bhakti-yogena manasi samyak praṇihite’male |
    apaśyat puruṣaṁ pūrṇaṁ māyāñ ca tad-apāśrayam ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.7.4)

    “In his pure heart, which was perfectly fixed by means of bhakti-yoga, Vyāsadeva saw the Complete Puruṣa, as well as māyā sheltered behind him.”

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  • kasmāt saṅkliśyate vidvān vyarthayārthehayāsakṛt |
    kasyacin māyayā nūnaṁ loko’yaṁ suvimohitaḥ ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.23.26)

    “Why is [even] a learned person repeatedly troubled by meaningless endeavors for wealth? Certainly this world is completely bewildered by someone’s māyā.”

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  • bālas tāvat krīḍā-saktaḥ
    taruṇas tāvat taruṇī-saktaḥ |
    vṛddhas tāvac cintā-saktaḥ
    pare brahmaṇi ko’pi na saktaḥ ||
    (Moha-mudgara-stotram: 7)

    “As a child, one is absorbed in play.
As a youth, one is absorbed in young women.
As an elder, one is absorbed in worry.
No one is absorbed in Parabrahman.”

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  • ādityasya gatāgatair ahar ahaḥ saṁkṣīyate jīvitaṁ
    vyāpārair bahu-kārya-bhāra-gurubhiḥ kālo’pi na jñāyate |
    dṛṣṭvā janma-jarā-vipatti-maraṇaṁ trāsaś ca notpadyate
    pītvā mohamayīṁ pramāda-madirām unmatta-bhūtaṁ jagat ||
    (Vairāgya-śatakam: 43)

    “With the rising and setting of the sun day by day, life is passing away. With affairs heavy with the burden of numerous tasks, the time is also unrecognized [as it passes away]. And [even] after having observed birth, old age, misfortune, and death [occurring all around], [still] fear is not arising [in the people’s mind]. Having drunk the intoxicating wine of remiss, the world has become mad.”

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  • man-māyā-mohita-dhiyaḥ puruṣāḥ puruṣarṣabha |
    śreyo vadanty anekāntaṁ yathā-karma yatha-ruci ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.14.9)

    [Kṛṣṇa to Uddhava:] “O best of human beings, human beings whose minds are bewildered by my māyā speak of good (śreyas) in many different ways according to [their own] karma and according to [their own] taste.”

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