Bhagavad Gita 10.41

yat yat vibhūtimat sattvaṁ śrīmad ūrjitam eva vā

tat tad evāvagaccha tvaṁ mama tejo-‘ṁśa-sambhavam

 

Whatever holds great charm or might,

Splendor shining bold and bright,

All such glory comes only from me—

Just a spark of my divinity.

 

My dear Lord, I am presently surrounded by illusion in a world filled with temptations and distractions that can make me forget you at any moment.

Bless me, O Lord, so that I do not let myself naively or blindly follow the path of my senses, which chase after whatever seems attractive to them. Indeed, if I learn to watch what I watch, I can avoid much temptation before it entraps me.

Simultaneously, my Lord, help me to see that I fall into illusion not just because I find worldly things attractive, but also because I fail to see that their attractiveness comes from you. O all-attractive Lord, bless me to see everything attractive as connected with you, and thereby shift my focus away from those things and toward you.

Help me, my Lord, to learn both strategies for dealing with illusion: looking away and looking through. Grant me the willpower to look away from the things that take me away from you. And when I cannot look away from them, grant me the wisdom to look through them to you, who are constantly calling me to realize and relish your unparalleled and unending attractiveness.

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10.41 Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations spring from but a spark of My splendor.