रामापर्यवसानेयं माया संसृतिनामिका ।आत्मचित्तजयेनैव क्षयमायाति नान्यथा । ।जगन्मायाप्रपञ्चस्य वैचित्र्यप्रतिपत्तये ।इतिहासमिमं वक्ष्ये श्रृणुष्वावहितोऽनघ
In plain words
Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: O Rāma, this māyā called saṃsṛti is without end; it comes to its destruction only through conquest of one's own citta, and not otherwise. That the strange variety of the world-spread of māyā may be understood, I shall tell this itihāsa; listen attentively, O sinless one.