🪷 ŚB 2.10.3

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

भूतमात्रेन्द्रियधियां जन्म सर्ग उदाहृत: । ब्रह्मणो गुणवैषम्याद्विसर्ग: पौरुष: स्मृत: ॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration

bhūta-mātrendriya-dhiyāṁ janma sarga udāhṛtaḥ brahmaṇo guṇa-vaiṣamyād visargaḥ pauruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ
Synonyms
bhūta — the five gross elements (the sky, etc.); mātrā — objects perceived by the senses; indriya — the senses; dhiyām — of the mind; janma — creation; sargaḥ — manifestation; udāhṛtaḥ — is called the creation; brahmaṇaḥ — of Brahmā, the first puruṣa; guṇa-vaiṣamyāt — by interaction of the three modes of nature; visargaḥ — re-creation; pauruṣaḥ — resultant activities; smṛtaḥ — it is so known.

Translation

The elementary creation of sixteen items of matter — namely the five elements [fire, water, land, air and sky], sound, form, taste, smell, touch, and the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin and mind — is known as sarga, whereas subsequent resultant interaction of the modes of material nature is called visarga.

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