Shloka : 106

त्रिगुणात्मा तम: कृष्णशक्तिर्देहतदीययो: ।

जीवस्य चाहंममताहेतुर्मायावगम्यताम् ॥ 106 ॥

અને જે માયા છે તે ત્રિગુણાત્મિકા છે ને અંધકારરૂપ છે, ને શ્રીકૃષ્ણભગવાનની શક્તિ છે. અને આ જીવને, દેહ તથા દેહના જે સંબંધી, તેમને વિષે અહંમમત્વની કરાવનારી છે-એમ માયાને જાણવી. ॥ 106 ॥

And the Maya, i.e. illusion, has three attributes and is similar to darkness and it is the power of Shri Krishna Bhagwan. And it creates attachment and binds the soul with body and to the objects related to body these are the characteristics of Maya. || 106 ||

Commentary

In this Shloka, Shriji Maharaj explains the form of Maya. Maya has three attributes, i.e. Satva, Rajas and Tamas. It is similar to darkness, because it covers the soul with the veil of attachment towards the objects of sensual pleasure and makes the soul ignorant about the divine form of Supreme Being. And it is the strength of Maha Purush Shri Krishna Bhagwan, i.e. it has been accepted as the root cause to perform the various acts like creating this universe etc. and it serves the Mahapurush Shri Krishna Bhagwan in the form of Mahamaaya. It is the origin of ego and attachment for the souls and egoistic deities of the Universe. It is the cause of origins of crores of Pradhan and Purush. Also, it is everlasting i.e. without any beginning or end and it is faultless. And Mahakal is one of the forms of power of Shri Hari. He controls all being surrendered to Shri Krishna, moreover it has divine form and inspires the Parkriti Purush. And all his actions are without rhythm and disturbances as that of Prakriti Purush. It is able to protect various kind of manifestations. Aksharbrahm exists in the form of 'Satya' i.e. truth, 'Gyan' i.e. knowledge, 'Anant' i.e. endless, 'Poorna' i.e. complete, 'Akhand' i.e. absolute. Thus it is with form. It is pure, everlasting, faultless and illuminates Maya etc. and supports all. And in its alternative form, as an abode of Shri Hari, it is formless. It is the brilliant light of Shriji Maharaj which manifests as 'sat' i.e. truth, 'chit' i.e. knowledge and 'anand' i.e. bliss, which is also Brahm which is absolute, formless and without any shield or coverings. That means the brilliant light of Shriji Maharaj is 'Akshar' or 'Akshardham'.

Moreover, Shri Hari keeps on reminding the perishable qualities of body due to 'Kaal' and 'Maya'. And says that this body is going to perish, any moment due to unavoidable momentum of 'Kaal', therefore various kinds of desires for the sensual pleasure which bind one into the cycle of birth and death should be given up and one should contemplate only Shri Hari in one's heart. And the soul is constant i.e. unchanging which knows and illuminates the senses of perception and action, and the mind; and it is full of spiritual energy and it is faultless. Therefore, it is immortal. With proper understanding, the soul should be considered as equivalent to Aksharbrahm. One should surrender to Supreme God and one should regularly worship Shri Hari through nine types of 'Ekantik' i.e. absolute devotion which are listening etc. along with the 'Dharma' i.e. proper code of conduct, 'Gyan' i.e. knowledge and 'Vairagya' i.e. ascetism. As a reward to such devotion, Shri Hari blesses His devotees to attain the bliss of unity with His divine form in His abode.