Text 44
sūta uvāca
pṛthayetthaṁ kala-padaiḥ
pariṇūtākhilodayaḥ
mandaṁ jahāsa vaikuṇṭho
mohayann iva māyayā
sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta said; pṛthayā — by Pṛthā (Kuntī); ittham — this; kala-padaiḥ — by chosen words; pariṇūta — being worshiped; akhila — universal; udayaḥ — glories; mandam — mildly; jahāsa — smiled; vaikuṇṭhaḥ — the Lord; mohayan — captivating; iva — like; māyayā — His mystic power.
スータ・ゴースワミーは言った：主はそのようにクンティーデーヴィーの祈りを聞いてから、賞賛の言葉を選んで話すことを整理して、優しく微笑んだ。その微笑みは主の神秘力と同じように魅惑的であった。
Anything that is enchanting in the world is said to be a representation of the Lord. The conditioned souls, who are engaged in trying to lord it over the material world, are also enchanted by His mystic powers, but His devotees are enchanted in a different way by the glories of the Lord, and His merciful blessings are upon them. His energy is displayed in different ways, as electrical energy works in manifold capacities. Śrīmatī Kuntīdevī has prayed to the Lord just to enunciate a fragment of His glories. All His devotees worship Him in that way, by chosen words, and therefore the Lord is known as Uttamaśloka. No amount of chosen words is sufficient to enumerate the Lord’s glory, and yet He is satisfied by such prayers as the father is satisfied even by the broken linguistic attempts of the growing child. The word māyā is used both in the sense of delusion and mercy. Herein the word māyā is used in the sense of the Lord’s mercy upon Kuntīdevī.