आद्यस्तु महत: सर्गो गुणवैषम्यमात्मन: । द्वितीयस्त्वहमो यत्र द्रव्यज्ञानक्रियोदय: ॥ १५ ॥
adyas tu mahatah sargo guna-vaisamyam atmanah dvitiyas tv ahamo yatra dravya-jnana-kriyodayah
- adyah
- the first
- tu
- but
- mahatah
- of the total emanation from the Lord
- sargah
- creation
- guna-vaisamyam
- interaction of the material modes
- atmanah
- of the Supreme
- dvitiyah
- the second
- tu
- but
- ahamah
- false ego
- yatra
- wherein
- dravya
- material ingredients
- jnana
- material knowledge
- kriya-udayah
- awakening of activities (work).
Of the nine creations, the first one is the creation of the mahat-tattva, or the sum total of the material ingredients, wherein the modes interact due to the presence of the Supreme Lord. In the second, the false ego is generated in which the material ingredients, material knowledge and material activities arise.