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SB 10.85.11

Devanāgarī

भूतानामसि भूतादिरिन्द्रियाणां च तैजस: । वैकारिको विकल्पानां प्रधानमनुशायिनम् ॥ ११ ॥

Text

bhūtānām asi bhūtādir indriyāṇāṁ ca taijasaḥ vaikāriko vikalpānāṁ pradhānam anuśāyinam

Synonyms

bhūtānām—of the physical elements;asi—You are;bhūta-ādiḥ—their source, false ego in the mode of ignorance;indriyāṇām—of the senses;ca—and;taijasaḥ—false ego in the mode of passion;vaikārikaḥ—false ego in the mode of goodness;vikalpānām—of the creative demigods;pradhānam—the unmanifest, total material energy;anuśāyinam—underlying.

Translation

You are false ego in the mode of ignorance, which is the source of the physical elements; false ego in the mode of passion, which is the source of the bodily senses; false ego in the mode of goodness, which is the source of the demigods; and the unmanifest, total material energy, which underlies everything.

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