महतस्तु विकुर्वाणाद्रज:सत्त्वोपबृंहितात् । तम:प्रधानस्त्वभवद् द्रव्यज्ञानक्रियात्मक: ॥ २३ ॥
mahatas tu vikurvanad rajah-sattvopabrmhitat tamah-pradhanas tv abhavad dravya-jnana-kriyatmakah
- mahatah
- of the mahat-tattva
- tu
- but
- vikurvanat
- being transformed
- rajah
- the material mode of passion
- sattva
- the mode of goodness
- upabrmhitat
- because of being increased
- tamah
- the mode of darkness
- pradhanah
- being prominent
- tu
- but
- abhavat
- took place
- dravya
- matter
- jnana
- material knowledge
- kriya-atmakah
- predominantly material activities.
Material activities are caused by the mahat-tattva’s being agitated. At first there is transformation of the modes of goodness and passion, and later—due to the mode of ignorance—matter, its knowledge, and different activities of material knowledge come into play.