1. Yogamāyā vs Mahāmāyā
Mahāmāyā
- Covers Krishna
- Controls the material world
- Manages karma
Yogamāyā
- Reveals Krishna
- Arranges līlā
- Deepens devotion
👉 One-line: Yogamāyā reveals; Mahāmāyā covers
2. Are they different energies?
- Same divine śakti
- Different functions
3. SB 10.1 — Who is Krishna speaking to?
Krishna speaks to:
- Yogamāyā (internal potency)
Tasks assigned:
- Transfer Balarama
- Arrange divine birth
4. Why does she “appear as Durgā”?
- Not a new creation
👉 It is a manifestation in a specific līlā
- Already exists
- Appears in a role
5. Why “more worshipped than Viṣṇu”?
- Easier to approach
- Gives material results
- More popularly worshipped
6. Does Yogamāyā become Durgā?
❌ No duplication
✅ Same śakti, different role
7. Does Yogamāyā have a form?
Yes:
- Personal
- Conscious
- Flexibly manifesting
8. Svarūpa-śakti breakdown
Three aspects:
- Sandhinī → existence
- Saṁvit → knowledge
- Hlādinī → bliss
9. Rādhārāṇī
- Radha
- Full Hlādinī-śakti
- Embodiment of divine love
10. Yogamāyā
- Arranges līlā
- Facilitates love
11. Lakṣmī and Sītā
- Same internal energy
Different moods:
- Lakshmi → majesty
- Sita → dignity
12. Durgā
- Durga
- External energy (Mahāmāyā)
- Governs the material world
13. Are all expansions of Rādhārāṇī?
- Lakṣmī, Sītā → ✅ Yes (internal energy)
- Durgā → ❌ No (external energy)
14. Mahāmāyā as reflection of Yogamāyā
- Same function-type
- Different outcome
Yogamāyā:
- Loving illusion
Mahāmāyā:
- Binding illusion
15. Final structure
Krishna
├── Internal energy (Svarūpa-śakti)
│ ├── Rādhārāṇī
│ ├── Yogamāyā
│ ├── Lakṣmī / Sītā
│
├── Marginal energy (Jīva)
│
└── External energy
└── Durgā (Mahāmāyā)16. Final takeaway
Same energy manifests as:
- As love → Rādhārāṇī
- As arranger → Yogamāyā
- As reverence → Lakṣmī
- As illusion → Durgā