Devanagari
वयं च तत्र भगवन् सर्पा जात्युरुमन्यव: ।
कथं त्यजामस्त्वन्मायां दुस्त्यजां मोहिता: स्वयम् ॥ ५८ ॥
Verse text
vayaṁ ca tatra bhagavan
sarpā jāty-uru-manyavaḥ
kathaṁ tyajāmas tvan-māyāṁ
dustyajāṁ mohitāḥ svayam
Synonyms
vayam
—
we
;
ca
—
and
;
tatra
—
within that material creation
;
bhagavan
—
O Supreme Personality of Godhead
;
sarpāḥ
—
serpents
;
jāti
—
by species
;
uru
—
manyavaḥ — too much absorbed in anger
;
katham
—
how
;
tyajāmaḥ
—
we can give up
;
tvat
—
māyām — Your illusory potency
;
dustyajām
—
which is impossible to give up
;
mohitāḥ
—
bewildered
;
svayam
—
on our own .
Translation
O Supreme Personality of Godhead, among all the species within Your material creation, we serpents are by nature always enraged. Being thus deluded by Your illusory energy, which is very difficult to give up, how can we possibly give it up on our own?
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O Supreme Personality of Godhead, among all the species within Your material creation, we serpents are by nature always enraged. Being thus deluded by Your illusory energy, which is very difficult to give up, how can we possibly give it up on our own?
KB 10.16.58
My dear Lord, I am born as a serpent; therefore, by natural instinct I am very angry. How is it then possible to give up my acquired nature without Your mercy? It is very difficult to get out of the clutches of Your māyā. By Your māyā we remain enslaved.
Purport
Kāliya is here indirectly begging for the Lord’s mercy, realizing that on his own he can never become free from illusion and suffering. Only by surrendering to the Lord and obtaining His mercy can one be released from the painful conditions of material life.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
"I am very angry by nature (jati), therefore how is it possible for me to give up insurmountable maya on my own?"
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
O supreme lord (Bhagavān)! The idea that one becomes a snake by karma alone is rejected since the Lord is the controller of karma. Therefore I have not committed this offense on my own. Then how can it be given up except by your intervention?
Purport (Sanatana Goswami)
O supreme lord (Bhagavān)! The idea that one becomes a snake by karma alone is rejected since the Lord is the controller of karma. Or O independent Lord (bhagavān)! Since actions are dependent on you, by your will alone we are can do anything. Thus what can low persons like us say about this? Or O lord whose control cannot be avoided! How can we give up the illusion of being angry, since this illusion is controlled by you? We cannot do it on our own (svayam). If you make us give it up, then it can be given up. “For giving up māyā you should worship me.” But we are bewildered by your māyā. Or we are bewildered by māyā itself (svayam).