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ŚB 10.55.16

Devanagari

प्रभाष्यैवं ददौ विद्यां प्रद्युम्नाय महात्मने ।
मायावती महामायां सर्वमायाविनाशिनीम् ॥ १६ ॥

Text

prabhāṣyaivaṁ dadau vidyāṁ
pradyumnāya mahātmane
māyāvatī mahā-māyāṁ
sarva-māyā-vināśinīm

Synonyms

prabhāṣya — speaking; evam — thus; dadau — gave; vidyām — mystic knowledge; pradyumnāya — to Pradyumna; mahā-ātmane — the great soul; māyāvatī — Māyāvatī; mahā-māyām — known as Mahā-māyā; sarva — all; māyā — deluding spells; vināśinīm — which destroys.

Translation

[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] Speaking thus, Māyāvatī gave to the great soul Pradyumna the mystic knowledge called Mahā-māyā, which vanquishes all other deluding spells.