'bÄndhe sabÄre' — tÄte avidyÄ 'bandhu' haya
'avidyÄ-nÄÅ›aka' — 'bandhu-han'-Å›abde kaya
bÄndhe - binds; sabÄre - everyone; tÄte - therefore; avidyÄ - nescience, or mÄyÄ; bandhu - binder or relative; haya - is; avidyÄ-nÄÅ›aka - vanquisher of mÄyÄ; bandhu-han-Å›abde - by the word bandhu-han; kaya - mother SarasvatÄ« says.
“Nescience, or mÄyÄ, may be called ‘bandhu’ because she entangles everyone in the material world. Therefore by using the word ‘bandhu-han,’ mother SarasvatÄ« says that Lord Kṛṣṇa is the vanquisher of mÄyÄ.
Everyone is entangled in the illusory energy, but as stated in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (7.14), mÄm eva ye prapadyante mÄyÄm etÄá¹ taranti te: as soon as one surrenders to Kṛṣṇa, he is freed from mÄyÄ. Therefore Kṛṣṇa may be called bandhu-han, the killer of mÄyÄ.
