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Māyā
Even what feels most opposed to the sacred can still be operating within a larger order you can't yet see.
Māyā
Māyā is the Lord's external energy, pictured in the chart as Durgā. She governs Devī-, the material world — karma, material time, and the repeating cycle of birth and death all unfold under her. The chart is explicit that she acts under Govinda's own authority, not as an independent power opposing Him.
Governs Devī-, the material world, as the Lord's external energy
Names who actually governs the material world's difficulty, and clarifies she isn't a rival force acting outside the Lord's authority
Source: Brahma-saṁhitā 5.43; Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; chart explanation · Direct scriptural support