🪷 ŚB 2.5.23

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

Sanskrit

महतस्तु विकुर्वाणाद्रज:सत्त्वोपबृंहितात् । तम:प्रधानस्त्वभवद् द्रव्यज्ञानक्रियात्मक: ॥ २३ ॥

Transliteration

mahatas tu vikurvāṇād rajaḥ-sattvopabṛṁhitāt tamaḥ-pradhānas tv abhavad dravya-jñāna-kriyātmakaḥ
Synonyms
mahataḥ — of the mahat-tattva; tu — but; vikurvāṇāt — being transformed; rajaḥ — the material mode of passion; sattva — the mode of goodness; upabṛṁhitāt — because of being increased; tamaḥ — the mode of darkness; pradhānaḥ — being prominent; tu — but; abhavat — took place; dravya — matter; jñāna — material knowledge; kriyā-ātmakaḥ — predominantly material activities.

Translation

Material activities are caused by the mahat-tattva’s being agitated. At first there is transformation of the modes of goodness and passion, and later — due to the mode of ignorance — matter, its knowledge, and different activities of material knowledge come into play.

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