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SB 12.5.6

Devanāgarī

मन: सृजति वै देहान् गुणान् कर्माणि चात्मन: । तन्मन: सृजते माया ततो जीवस्य संसृति: ॥ ६ ॥

Text

manaḥ sṛjati vai dehān guṇān karmāṇi cātmanaḥ tan manaḥ sṛjate māyā tato jīvasya saṁsṛtiḥ

Synonyms

manaḥ—the mind;sṛjati—produces;vai—indeed;dehān—the material bodies;guṇān—the qualities;karmāṇi—the activities;ca—and;ātmanaḥ—of the soul;tat—that;manaḥ—mind;sṛjate—produces;māyā—the illusory potency of the Supreme Lord;tataḥ—thus;jīvasya—of the individual living being;saṁsṛtiḥ—the material existence.

Translation

The material bodies, qualities and activities of the spirit soul are created by the material mind. That mind is itself created by the illusory potency of the Supreme Lord, and thus the soul assumes material existence.

← SB 12.5.5Chapter 5SB 12.5.7