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    "name":"SB 10.13.45",
    "h1":"SB 10.13.45",
    "label":"Text 45",
    "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.13.45",
    "description":"As the darkness of snow on a dark night and the light of a glowworm in the light of day have no value, the mystic power of an inferior person who tries to use it against a person of great power is unable to accomplish anything; instead, the power of that inferior person is diminished."
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====== SB 10.13.45 ======

===== Text =====

> tamyāṁ tamovan naihāraṁ
> khadyotārcir ivāhani
> mahatītara-māyaiśyaṁ
> nihanty ātmani yuñjataḥ

===== Synonyms =====

[[synonyms:t:tamyām]]---on a dark night; [[synonyms:t:tamaḥ]]-[[synonyms:v:vat]]---just as darkness; [[synonyms:n:naihāram]]---produced by snow; [[synonyms:k:khadyota]]-[[synonyms:a:arciḥ]]---the light of a glowworm; [[synonyms:i:iva]]---just as; [[synonyms:a:ahani]]---in the daytime, in the sunlight; [[synonyms:m:mahati]]---in a great personality; [[synonyms:i:itara]]-[[synonyms:m:māyā]]---inferior mystic potency; [[synonyms:a:aiśyam]]---the ability; [[synonyms:n:nihanti]]---destroys; [[synonyms:ā:ātmani]]---in his own self; [[synonyms:y:yuñjataḥ]]---of the person who attempts to use.

===== Translation =====

**As the darkness of snow on a dark night and the light of a glowworm in the light of day have no value, the mystic power of an inferior person who tries to use it against a person of great power is unable to accomplish anything; instead, the power of that inferior person is diminished.**

===== Purport =====

When one wants to supersede a superior power, one's own inferior power becomes ludicrous. Just as a glowworm in the daytime and snow at night have no value, Brahmā's mystic power became worthless in the presence of Kṛṣṇa, for greater mystic power condemns inferior mystic power. On a dark night, the darkness produced by snow has no meaning. The glowworm appears very important at night, but in the daytime its glow has no value; whatever little value it has is lost. Similarly, Brahmā became insignificant in the presence of Kṛṣṇa's mystic power. Kṛṣṇa's //māyā// was not diminished in value, but Brahmā's //māyā// was condemned. Therefore, one should not try to exhibit one's insignificant opulence before a greater power.