Verse 9भैरव · Bhairava speaks
Vigyan Bhairav Tantra — Verse 9
तदसारतया देवि विज्ञेयं शक्रजालवत्। मायास्वप्नोपमं चैव गन्धर्वनगरभ्रमम्॥
tad asāratayā devi vijñeyaṃ śakrajālavat | māyāsvapnopamaṃ caiva gandharvanagarabhramam
हिन्दी
...उसे, हे देवि, असार जानो — इन्द्रजाल के समान, माया या स्वप्न के समान, गन्धर्व-नगर के भ्रम के समान।
English
...that, O Devi, is to be known as without essence, like Indra's net of illusion, like māyā or a dream, like the mirage-city of the gandharvas.