Verse 2.4.173

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.173:

महा-विभूति-शब्देन योग-शब्देन च क्वचित् ।
योगमायादि-शब्देन य क्वचिच् च निगद्यते ॥ १७३ ॥
महा-विभूति–ग्रेअत् ओपुलेन्चे; शब्देन–ब्य् थे wओर्द्; योग–

mahā-vibhūti-śabdena yoga-śabdena ca kvacit |
yogamāyādi-śabdena ya kvacic ca nigadyate || 173 ||

mahā-vibhūti–great opulence; śabdena–by the word; yoga–yoga; śabdena–by the word; ca–also; kvacit–sometimes; yoga-māyā–by Yogamāyā; ādi–and so forth; śabdena–by the word; yā–who; kvacit–sometimes; ca–also; nigadyate–is spoken of.

The Lord’s śakti is known variously in different places by such names as mahā-vibhūti, yoga, and Yogamāyā.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

After describing the nature of Bhagavān’s śakti in four verses, beginning here with mahā, Śrī Nārada now introduces this śakti’s different names, which are based on her activities. He says, “Sometimes this potency is addressed as mahā-vibhūti (inconceivable potency or goddess of fortune) and sometimes as Yogamāyā (internal potency).” Here the word ādi indicates that this potency is also called prakṛti (nature), śakti, and so on.

For instance, the Mahā-saṃhitā states:

श्री-भू-दुर्गेति या भिन्ना जीवमाया महात्मनः
आत्ममाया तद्-इच्छा स्याद् गुणमाया जडात्मिका

śrī-bhū-durgeti yā bhinnā jīvamāyā mahātmanaḥ
ātmamāyā tad-icchā syād guṇamāyā jaḍātmikā

That Māyā of Bhagavān is also known as Śrī, Bhū, and Durgā, whose activities, respectively, are to manifest the jīvas; to manifest ātma-māyā, the desires of Bhagavān; and to manifest the material world consisting of the three modes of material nature.

The Śabda-mahodadhi dictionary also states:

त्रिगुणात्मिकाथ ज्ञानञ्च विष्णुशक्तिस्तथैव च
मायाशब्देन भण्यन्ते शब्दतत्त्वार्थवेदिभिः

triguṇātmikātha jñānañca viṣṇuśaktistathaiva ca
māyāśabdena bhaṇyante śabdatattvārthavedibhiḥ

As per the opinion of scholars who understand the true meaning of words, the word ‘Māyā’ indicates tri-guṇaātmikā śakti (the potency which consists of the three modes of material nature), jñāna (knowledge), and Viṣṇu-śakti (the potency of Viṣṇu).

It is also stated in the Skanda Purāṇa:

मायामयेत्य् अविद्येति नियतिर् मोहिनीति च
प्रकृतिर् वासनेत्य् एवं तवेच्छानन्त कथ्यते

māyāmayety avidyeti niyatir mohinīti ca
prakṛtir vāsanety evaṃ tavecchānanta kathyate

Śrī Bhagavān’s potency of desire (icchā-śakti) has innumerable names such as Māyā (illusion), avidyā (ignorance), jaḍa (dull matter), mohinī (enchantress), prakṛti (nature), and vāsanā (material desire).

Therefore, the Lord’s single potency has many names according to the functions she performs.