7.14
दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया ।
मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते ॥
daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā
mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṃ taranti te
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is speaking, to Arjuna (अर्जुन).
The verse
For this divine māyā (माया) of mine, made of the strands, is hard to cross. Those who come to me alone cross this māyā (माया).
नेपालीमा
किनकि गुणले बनेको मेरो यो दैवी माया तर्न गाह्रो छ। मकहाँ मात्र आउनेहरूले यो माया तर्छन्।
Where it sits
This is the close of the first stretch. Two natures, nothing higher, the world strung on him, the three strands that come from him and hide him. The hiding has a name now, māyā (माया), and a way through: coming to him. 7.15 will say who does not come.
Split: दैवी + हि + एषा + गुण-मयी + मम + माया + दुर्-अत्यया + माम् + एव + ये + प्रपद्यन्ते + मायाम् + एताम् + तरन्ति + ते
daivī + hi + eṣā + guṇa-mayī + mama + māyā + dur-atyayā + mām + eva + ye + prapadyante + māyām + etām + taranti + te
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| दैवी | daivī | nominative feminine | divine. Belonging to his own power. Agrees with māyā (माया). |
| हि | hi | indeclinable | for, indeed. |
| एषा | eṣā | nominative feminine | this. |
| गुण-मयी | guṇa-mayī | nominative feminine | made of the strands. Agrees with māyā (माया). |
| मम | mama | genitive | my. |
| माया | māyā | nominative feminine | māyā (माया). His making, the power that sets a world in front of a person. |
| दुर्-अत्यया | dur-atyayā | nominative feminine | hard to cross. dur (दुर्) "hard, ill," atyaya (अत्यय) "going across," from ati-i (अति-इ). |
| माम् | mām | accusative | me. |
| एव | eva | indeclinable | alone. |
| ये | ye | nominative plural | who. |
| प्रपद्यन्ते | prapadyante | present, 3rd plural, middle | they come to, they take refuge in. From pra-pad (प्र-पद्). |
| मायाम् | māyām | accusative feminine | the māyā (माया). |
| एताम् | etām | accusative feminine | this. Agrees with māyām (मायाम्). |
| तरन्ति | taranti | present, 3rd plural | they cross. From tṛ (तृ). |
| ते | te | nominative plural | they. |
The phrases
दैवी हि एषा गुण-मयी मम माया दुर्-अत्यया daivī hi eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā dur-atyayā names the deluding of 7.13. It is his māyā (माया), divine, made of the strands, and hard to cross. Five nominatives and one genitive, all one claim. hi (हि) is "for": this is why the world does not recognize him.
माम् एव ये प्रपद्यन्ते mām eva ye prapadyante is the exception. The people who come to him alone. मायाम् एताम् तरन्ति ते māyām etām taranti te is what those people do. They cross this māyā (माया). The ones who come are the ones who cross. The verse does not say the crossing comes first.
Sanskrit in this line
हि + एषा hi + eṣā is recited hy eṣā (ह्येषा). i (इ) before a different vowel becomes y (य्). eṣā (एषा) is still "this," feminine, agreeing with māyā (माया). The hi (हि) is easy to swallow, and without it the line loses the "for" that ties it to 7.13.
दुर्-अत्यया dur-atyayā and taranti (तरन्ति) are both about crossing, and they are not the same verb. atyaya (अत्यय) is from ati-i (अति-इ), "go beyond." taranti (तरन्ति) is from tṛ (तृ), "cross." The adjective says the māyā (माया) is hard to get across. The verb says who does cross it.
Say it back
The māyā (माया) first, with both adjectives, divine and hard to cross. Then who crosses it. If duratyayā (दुरत्यया) softens to "subtle," stay here.