Maya je kouzelnicí Vesmíru „iluzorní skutečností“ která vytváří iluzorní realitu
složenou také z našich přání a tužeb. Může k nám přistupovat v různých podobách
a formách a hrát tak dokonalou hru s našimi smysly, že vytvoří tak skutečnou
realitu, ze které je mnohdy vskutku těžké se probudit.
Hraje si s námi a my mnohdy slepě následujeme roli, kterou utkala tkanivem
našich iluzorních přání. Tančí před námi v podobě krásných žen, mužů, kteří
jsou tu jen pro nás a v určitém smyslu i plní naše především smyslová přání.
Jiným může vytvořit iluzi moci a neomezené svobody, jindy přinese bohatství
v jakékoliv formě, které posílí naši sebedůležitost a slabosti, které nás zcela
ovládnou, a také postupně rozkládají a ničí.
Dokonale si hraje s lidským srdcem, má schopnost vstoupit do každé bytosti
a skrze ni vytvořit tak dokonalou a pevnou iluzi a její tkanivo splete taková
tenata , ze kterých se jen málokdo dokáže osvobodit. Jakmile do nás vstoupí,
vytvoří jevištní figurky, které hrají pro její pobavení tak báječné hry……
Sage Narada and Maya Devi.
Once Lord Vishnu told Sage Narada that , there is nothing real in this world and
what all we see is due to the playful acts of Maya Devi.
Narada did not understand it and requested Lord Vishnu to make him experience the
powers of Maya Devi. Vishnu took sage Narada along with him and they reached a
very deep forest in which there was a very big lake. Lord Vishnu requested Sage
Narada to take bath in that lake. Narada kept his Veena called Mahathi and
the deer skin on which he used to meditate on the shore and entered
the lake to take bath. Suddenly Sage Narada was transformed in to a very
pretty lady. She came out of the lake and was enjoying the beauty of nature
around her.
At that time a king called Thaladwaja reached near the shore. Attracted by her
divine beauty he requested the lady to marry him. She also agreed and married him.
Times rolled by. After 12 years of very happy married life they got a son called
Veravarma.
Then onwards , every two years she produced a child. And within another 24 years,
she became mother of 12 children. Later she became mother for another eight children.
All her children reached adulthood and married. And she got several grand children.
At this time an enemy king invaded the country of Thaladwaja. In the battle most
of his children and grand children were killed. Thaladwaja ran for his life.
Then he left his country along with his wife and reached the same lake
where he found her.
Lord Vishnu in the form of a Brahmin was waiting there. He asked them
to take bath in the lake. Narada regained his original form. He then could realize
what all happened to him. Lord Vishnu then told him that all that happened
was an illusion, which appeared real and was due to Maya Devi.
