Doha 78b

“The moment I allowed this doubt to enter my mind, O king of the birds, Śrī Rāma’s Māyā (delusive power) took hold of me as directed by Śrī Raghunātha. That Māyā, however, did not prove to be a source of trouble to me, nor did it throw me into the whirlpool of birth and death as it does in the case of other creatures. (1) “This, my lord, was attributable to some extraordinary reason. Hear it attentively, O mount of Śrī Hari. Sītā’s Spouse, Śrī Rāma, alone is Absolute intelligence personified; every creature, whether animate or inanimate, is subject to Māyā. (2) “If all had the same perfect wisdom, then, what would be the difference between God and the Jīva (the individual embodied soul)? The latter, which identifies itself with a particular psycho-physical organism, is subject to Māyā; while Māyā itself, the source of the three Guṇas, is controlled by God. (3) “The Jīva is dependent (subject to Māyā), while God is independent. The Jīvas are many, while the Lord of Lakṣmī is one without a second. Even though this difference, which has been created by Māyā, is illusory, it cannot disappear except by Śrī Hari’s grace, whatever one may do. (4)

“The man who seeks to attain the state of eternal bliss without adoring Śrī Rāma is a beast without tail and horns, howsoever wise he may be. (78 A) “Even if the moon, complete in all her sixteen digits rose with the entire starry host, and even if all the mountains were set on fire, night would not yield except to the sun. (78 B)