🪷 ŚB 2.5.24

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

Sanskrit

सोऽहङ्कार इति प्रोक्तो विकुर्वन् समभूत्‍त्रिधा । वैकारिकस्तैजसश्च तामसश्चेति यद्भिदा । द्रव्यशक्ति: क्रियाशक्तिर्ज्ञानशक्तिरिति प्रभो ॥ २४ ॥

Transliteration

so ’haṅkāra iti prokto vikurvan samabhūt tridhā vaikārikas taijasaś ca tāmasaś ceti yad-bhidā dravya-śaktiḥ kriyā-śaktir jñāna-śaktir iti prabho
Synonyms
saḥ — the very same thing; ahaṅkāraḥ — ego; iti — thus; proktaḥ — said; vikurvan — being transformed; samabhūt — became manifested; tridhā — in three features; vaikārikaḥ — in the mode of goodness; taijasaḥ — in the mode of passion; ca — and; tāmasaḥ — in the mode of ignorance; ca — also; iti — thus; yat — what is; bhidā — divided; dravya-śaktiḥ — powers that evolve matter; kriyā-śaktiḥ — initiation that creates; jñāna-śaktiḥ — intelligence that guides; iti — thus; prabho — O master.

Translation

The self-centered materialistic ego, thus being transformed into three features, becomes known as the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance in three divisions, namely the powers that evolve matter, knowledge of material creations, and the intelligence that guides such materialistic activities. Nārada, you are quite competent to understand this.

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