MAYA ALLURES THE DEVOTEES
By
reciting one Hare Krishna mantra a child is chosen to be Maya. The
others stand in a circle. They represent the association of devotees.
Maya walks rapidly around the outside of the circle, carrying a cloth
which represents the object of sense gratification. Maya silently drops
the cloth behind a devotee. As soon as the player realizes that the
object of sense gratification is behind him, he picks it up, leaves the
association of the devotees, and runs around the circle to associate
with Maya. If Maya reaches the vacant place in the circle first, she
has trapped the devotee in illusion, and he becomes Maya. If the
devotee gets back to his place first, he has been saved. Maya must then
drop the object of sense gratification again. Maya continues going
around the circle until the player notices that the object is behind
him. Everyone must run in the same clockwise direction. While Maya and
the devotee fallen into illusion run for the place in the association
of devotees, the other devotees in the circle clap and chant loudly to
encourage them.