महत्तत्त्वाद्विकुर्वाणाद्भगवद्वीर्यसम्भवात् । क्रियाशक्तिरहङ्कारस्त्रिविध: समपद्यत ॥ २३ ॥ वैकारिकस्तैजसश्च तामसश्च यतो भव: । मनसश्चेन्द्रियाणां च भूतानां महतामपि ॥ २४ ॥
mahat-tattvad vikurvanad bhagavad-virya-sambhavat kriya-saktir ahankaras tri-vidhah samapadyata vaikarikas taijasas ca tamasas ca yato bhavah manasas cendriyanam ca bhutanam mahatam api
- mahat-tattvat
- from the mahat-tattva
- vikurvanat
- undergoing a change
- bhagavat-virya-sambhavat
- evolved from the Lord’s own energy
- kriya-saktih
- endowed with active power
- ahankarah
- the material ego
- tri-vidhah
- of the three kinds
- samapadyata
- sprang up
- vaikarikah
- material ego in transformed goodness
- taijasah
- material ego in passion
- ca
- and
- tamasah
- material ego in ignorance
- ca
- also
- yatah
- from which
- bhavah
- the origin
- manasah
- of the mind
- ca
- and
- indriyanam
- of the senses for perception and action
- ca
- and
- bhutanam mahatam
- of the five gross elements
- api
- also
The material ego springs up from the mahat-tattva, which evolved from the Lord’s own energy. The material ego is endowed predominantly with active power of three kinds: good, passionate and ignorant. It is from these three types of material ego that the mind, the senses of perception, the organs of action, and the gross elements evolve.