Chapter 13 · Trayodaśo’dhyāyaḥ (Thirteenth Chapter)
Verse 3
मोह्यन्ते मोहिताश्चैव मोहमेष्यन्ति चापरे। तामुपैहि महाराज शरणं परमेश्वरीम्॥ ४ ॥
mohyante mohitāścaiva mohameṣyanti cāpare | tāmupaihi mahārāja śaraṇaṁ parameśvarīm || 4 ||
Translation
They are deluded, have been deluded, and others will go to delusion; approach her, the supreme Goddess, for refuge, O great king.
Word by word
- mohyante
- are deluded
- mohitāḥ
- deluded
- ca
- and
- eva
- indeed
- moham
- delusion
- eṣyanti
- will go to
- apare
- others
- tām
- her
- upaihi
- approach
- mahārāja
- O great king
- śaraṇaṁ
- refuge
- parameśvarīm
- supreme Goddess
Meaning
The sage emphasizes that all beings are subject to the Goddess’s delusion, past, present, and future, and urges King Suratha to seek refuge in the supreme Goddess to transcend this illusion.