ससर्ज च्छाययाविद्यां पञ्चपर्वाणमग्रत: । तामिस्रमन्धतामिस्रं तमो मोहो महातम: ॥ १८ ॥
sasarja cchayayavidyam panca-parvanam agratah tamisram andha-tamisram tamo moho maha-tamah
- sasarja
- created
- chayaya
- with his shadow
- avidyam
- ignorance
- panca-parvanam
- five varieties
- agratah
- first of all
- tamisram
- tamisra
- andha-tamisram
- andha-tamisra
- tamah
- tamas
- mohah
- moha
- maha-tamah
- maha-tamas, or maha-moha.
First of all, Brahma created from his shadow the coverings of ignorance of the conditioned souls. They are five in number and are called tamisra, andha-tamisra, tamas, moha and maha-moha.