SB 11.22.33
Devanāgarī
योऽसौ गुणक्षोभकृतो विकार: प्रधानमूलान्महत: प्रसूत: । अहं त्रिवृन्मोहविकल्पहेतु- र्वैकारिकस्तामस ऐन्द्रियश्च ॥ ३३ ॥
Text
yo ’sau guṇa-kṣobha-kṛto vikāraḥ pradhāna-mūlān mahataḥ prasūtaḥ ahaṁ tri-vṛn moha-vikalpa-hetur vaikārikas tāmasa aindriyaś ca
Synonyms
yaḥasau—this;guṇa—of the modes of nature;kṣobha—by the agitation;kṛtaḥ—caused;vikāraḥ—transformation;pradhāna-mūlāt—which is generated from thepradhāna,the unmanifest form of the total material nature;mahataḥ—from themahat-tattva;prasūtaḥ—generated;aham—false ego;tri-vṛt—in three phases;moha—of bewilderment;vikalpa—and material variety;hetuḥ—the cause;vaikārikaḥ—in the mode of goodness;tāmasaḥ—in the mode of ignorance;aindriyaḥ—in the mode of passion;ca—and.
Translation
When the three modes of nature are agitated, the resultant transformation appears as the element false ego in three phases — goodness, passion and ignorance. Generated from the mahat-tattva, which is itself produced from the unmanifest pradhāna, this false ego becomes the cause of all material illusion and duality.