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SB 12.7.11

Devanāgarī

अव्याकृतगुणक्षोभान्महतत्रिस्त्रवृतोऽहम: । भूतसूक्ष्मेन्द्रियार्थानां सम्भव: सर्ग उच्यते ॥ ११ ॥

Text

avyākṛta-guṇa-kṣobhān mahatas tri-vṛto ’hamaḥ bhūta-sūkṣmendriyārthānāṁ sambhavaḥ sarga ucyate

Synonyms

avyākṛta—of the unmanifest stage of nature;guṇa-kṣobhāt—by the agitation of the modes;mahataḥ—from the basicmahat-tattva;tri-vṛtaḥ—threefold;ahamaḥ—from the false ego;bhūta-sūkṣma—of the subtle forms of perception;indriya—of the senses;arthānām—and the objects of sense perception;sambhavaḥ—the generation;sargaḥ—creation;ucyate—is called.

Translation

From the agitation of the original modes within the unmanifest material nature, the mahat-tattva arises. From the mahat-tattva comes the element false ego, which divides into three aspects. This threefold false ego further manifests as the subtle forms of perception, as the senses and as the gross sense objects. The generation of all these is called creation.

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