भूतमात्रेन्द्रियधियां जन्म सर्ग उदाहृत: । ब्रह्मणो गुणवैषम्याद्विसर्ग: पौरुष: स्मृत: ॥ ३ ॥
bhuta-matrendriya-dhiyam janma sarga udahrtah brahmano guna-vaisamyad visargah paurusah smrtah
- bhuta
- the five gross elements (the sky, etc.)
- matra
- objects perceived by the senses
- indriya
- the senses
- dhiyam
- of the mind
- janma
- creation
- sargah
- manifestation
- udahrtah
- is called the creation
- brahmanah
- of Brahma, the first purusa
- guna-vaisamyat
- by interaction of the three modes of nature
- visargah
- re-creation
- paurusah
- resultant activities
- smrtah
- it is so known.
The elementary creation of sixteen items of matter—namely the five elements (fire, water, land, air and sky), sound, form, taste, smell, touch, and the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin and mind—is known as sarga, whereas subsequent resultant interaction of the modes of material nature is called visarga.