TEXT 30
aham-tattvad vikurvanan
mano vaikarikad abhut
vaikarikas ca ye deva
arthabhivyanjanam yatah
SYNONYMS
aham-tattvatfrom the principle of false ego; vikurvanatby transformation; manahthe mind; vaikarikatby interaction with the mode of goodness; abhutgenerated; vaikarikahby interaction with goodness; caalso; yeall these; devahdemigods; arthathe phenomenon; abhivyanjanamphysical knowledge; yatahthe 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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