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Prabhupada, can you explain mahamaya and yogamaya? Was Arjuna under yogamaya or mahamaya?

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"Prabhupada, can you explain mahamaya and yogamaya" |"Was Arjuna under yogamaya or mahamaya"

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Arjuna, when he was thinking in terms of his personal sense gratification, he was under mahāmāyā. And when he agreed to execute the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then he's under yogamāyā.

Lecture -- Seattle, October 7, 1968:

Prabhupāda: So any other question? Yes?

Upendra: Prabhupāda, can you explain mahāmāyā and yogamāyā? Was Arjuna under yogamāyā or mahāmāyā?

Prabhupāda: Arjuna, when he was thinking in terms of his personal sense gratification, he was under mahāmāyā. And when he agreed to execute the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then he's under yogamāyā.

Upendra: How is it Arjuna, if he was eternally liberated...

Prabhupāda: Because he is living entity, he is marginal. There is chance of... Marginal means... I have explained several times. Just like the land. Between the ocean and the land, there is a portion of land which is sometime merged within water, sometimes it is land. So a living entity's position is like that, marginal energy. He may be under the influence of yogamāyā or he may be under the influence of mahāmāyā. When he is under the influence of mahāmāyā, that is his conditional life. And when he is under the influence of yogamāyā, he's free. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Page Title:Prabhupada, can you explain mahamaya and yogamaya? Was Arjuna under yogamaya or mahamaya?
Compiler:MadhuGopaldas, Rishab
Created:25 of Aug, 2009
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