SB 3.5.30

TEXT 30

TEXT

अहंतत्त्वाद्विकुर्वाणान् मनो वैकारिकादभूत् ।
वैकारिकाश्च ये देवा अर्थाभिव्यञ्जनं यतः ॥ ३० ॥

aham-tattvad vikurvanan

mano vaikarikad abhūt

vaikarikas ca ye deva

arthabhivyanjanam yataḥ

aham-tattvat-from the principle of false ego; vikurvanat-by transformation; manaḥ-the mind; vaikarikat-by interaction with the mode of goodness; abhūt-generated; vaikarikaḥ-by interaction with goodness; ca-also; ye-all these; devaḥ-demigods; artha-the phenomenon; abhivyanjanam-physical knowledge; yataḥ-the source.

TRANSLATION

The false ego is transformed into mind by interaction with the mode of goodness. All the demigods who control the phenomenal world are also products of the same principle, namely the interaction of false ego and the mode of goodness.

PURPORT

False ego interacting with the different modes of material nature is the source of all materials in the phenomenal world.

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