योऽसौ गुणक्षोभकृतो विकार: प्रधानमूलान्महत: प्रसूत: । अहं त्रिवृन्मोहविकल्पहेतु- र्वैकारिकस्तामस ऐन्द्रियश्च ॥ ३३ ॥
yo ’sau guṇa-kṣobha-kṛto vikāraḥ pradhāna-mūlān mahataḥ prasūtaḥ ahaṁ tri-vṛn moha-vikalpa-hetur vaikārikas tāmasa aindriyaś ca
- yaḥ asau
- this
- guṇa
- of the modes of nature
- kṣobha
- by the agitation
- kṛtaḥ
- caused
- vikāraḥ
- transformation
- pradhāna-mūlāt
- which is generated from the pradhāna, the unmanifest form of the total material nature
- mahataḥ
- from the mahat-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
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.