सोऽहङ्कार इति प्रोक्तो विकुर्वन् समभूत्त्रिधा । वैकारिकस्तैजसश्च तामसश्चेति यद्भिदा । द्रव्यशक्ति: क्रियाशक्तिर्ज्ञानशक्तिरिति प्रभो ॥ २४ ॥
so ’hankara iti prokto vikurvan samabhut tridha vaikarikas taijasas ca tamasas ceti yad-bhida dravya-saktih kriya-saktir jnana-saktir iti prabho
- sah
- the very same thing
- ahankarah
- ego
- iti
- thus
- proktah
- said
- vikurvan
- being transformed
- samabhut
- became manifested
- tridha
- in three features
- vaikarikah
- in the mode of goodness
- taijasah
- in the mode of passion
- ca
- and
- tamasah
- in the mode of ignorance
- ca
- also
- iti
- thus
- yat
- what is
- bhida
- divided
- dravya-saktih
- powers that evolve matter
- kriya-saktih
- initiation that creates
- jnana-saktih
- intelligence that guides
- iti
- thus
- prabho
- O master
The self-centered materialistic ego, thus being transformed into three features, becomes known as the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance in three divisions, namely the powers that evolve matter, knowledge of material creations, and the intelligence that guides such materialistic activities. Narada, you are quite competent to understand this.