Å›rÄ«-vasudeva uvÄca
bhrÄtar Ä«Å›a-ká¹›taḥ pÄÅ›o
ná¹›nÄá¹ yaḥ sneha-saá¹jñitaḥ
taá¹ dustyajam ahaá¹ manye
śūrÄṇÄm api yoginÄm
Å›rÄ«-vasudevaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« Vasudeva said; bhrÄtaḥ - O brother; Ä«Å›a - by the Supreme Lord; ká¹›taḥ - made; pÄÅ›aḥ - the noose; nṛṇÄm - of men; yaḥ - which; sneha - affection; saá¹jñitaḥ - named; tam - it; dustyajam - difficult to free oneself from; aham - I; manye - think; śūrÄṇÄm - for heroes; api - even; yoginÄm - and for yogÄ«s.
Śrī Vasudeva said: My dear brother, God Himself has tied the knot called affection, which tightly binds human beings together. It seems to me that even great heroes and mystics find it very difficult to free themselves from it.
Heroic leaders of men try to transcend their petty attachments by force of will, while introspective yogÄ«s pursue knowledge for the same purpose. But the Lord’s illusory energy, MÄyÄ, is much stronger than any conditioned soul. Only by taking shelter of Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of MÄyÄ, can one become immune to her influence.
