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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.21.17

ఈశ్వరాలమ్బనం చిత్తం కుర్వతోఽనన్యరాధస: । మాయా గుణమయీ రాజన్స్వప్నవత్ ప్రత్యలీయత ॥ ౧౭ ॥
īśvarālambanaṁ cittaṁ
[eeshvaraalambanam chittam]
kurvato ’nanya-rādhasaḥ
[kurvato ’nanya-raadhasah]
māyā guṇamayī rājan
[maayaa gunamayee raajan]
svapnavat pratyalīyata
[svapnavat pratyaleeyata]
īśvara-ālambanam — completely taking shelter at the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord cittam — his consciousness kurvataḥ — fixing ananya-rādhasaḥ — for Rantideva, who was undeviating and desired nothing other than to serve the Supreme Lord māyā — the illusory energy guṇa-mayī — consisting of the three modes of nature rājan — O Mahārāja Parīkṣit svapna-vat — like a dream pratyalīyata — merged.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
īśvarālambanaṁ cittaṁ
īśvara-ālambanam
completely taking shelter at the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord
cittam
his consciousness
kurvato ’nanya-rādhasaḥ
kurvataḥ
fixing
ananya-rādhasaḥ
for Rantideva, who was undeviating and desired nothing other than to serve the Supreme Lord
māyā guṇamayī rājan
māyā
the illusory energy
guṇa-mayī
consisting of the three modes of nature
rājan
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit
svapnavat pratyalīyata
svapna-vat
like a dream
pratyalīyata
merged.
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, because King Rantideva was a pure devotee, always Kṛṣṇa conscious and free from all material desires, the Lord’s illusory energy, māyā, could not exhibit herself before him. On the contrary, for him māyā entirely vanished, exactly like a dream.

As it is said:

kṛṣṇa — sūrya-sama; māyā haya andhakāra yāhāṅ kṛṣṇa, tāhāṅ nāhi māyāra adhikāra

Just as there is no chance that darkness can exist in the sunshine, in a pure Kṛṣṇa conscious person there can be no existence of māyā. The Lord Himself says in Bhagavad-gītā (7.14) :

daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te

“This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.” If one wants to be free from the influence of māyā, the illusory energy, one must become Kṛṣṇa conscious and always keep Kṛṣṇa prominent within the core of his heart. In Bhagavad-gītā (9.34) the Lord advises that one always think of Him ( man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru ). In this way, by always being Kṛṣṇa-minded or Kṛṣṇa conscious, one can surpass the influence of māyā ( māyām etāṁ taranti te ). Because Rantideva was Kṛṣṇa conscious, he was not under the influence of the illusory energy. The word svapnavat is significant in this connection. Because in the material world the mind is absorbed in materialistic activities, when one is asleep many contradictory activities appear in one’s dreams. When one awakens, however, these activities automatically merge into the mind. Similarly, as long as one is under the influence of the material energy he makes many plans and schemes, but when one is Kṛṣṇa conscious such dreamlike plans automatically disappear.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit! Because King Rantideva took shelter of the Lord completely, without worshiping anyone else, māyā composed of the guṇas disappeared spontaneously like a dream. Rantideva is further described. He did not worship anyone else (ananya-rādhasaḥ). Just as a dream disappears on its own, so māyā spontaneously disappeared for Rantideva.
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