कालाद् गुणव्यतिकर: परिणाम: स्वभावत: । कर्मणो जन्म महत: पुरुषाधिष्ठितादभूत् ॥ २२ ॥
kalad guna-vyatikarah parinamah svabhavatah karmano janma mahatah purusadhisthitad abhut
- kalat
- from eternal time
- guna-vyatikarah
- transformation of the modes by reaction
- parinamah
- transformation
- svabhavatah
- from the nature
- karmanah
- of activities
- janma
- creation
- mahatah
- of the mahat-tattva
- purusa-adhisthitat
- because of the purusa incarnation of the Lord
- abhut
- it took place.
After the incarnation of the first purusa (Karanarnavasayi Visnu), the mahat-tattva, or the principles of material creation, take place, and then time is manifested, and in course of time the three qualities appear. Nature means the three qualitative appearances. They transform into activities.