🪷 ŚB 3.26.23-24

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

Sanskrit

महत्तत्त्वाद्विकुर्वाणाद्भगवद्वीर्यसम्भवात् । क्रियाशक्तिरहङ्कारस्त्रिविध: समपद्यत ॥ २३ ॥ वैकारिकस्तैजसश्च तामसश्च यतो भव: । मनसश्चेन्द्रियाणां च भूतानां महतामपि ॥ २४ ॥

Transliteration

mahat-tattvād vikurvāṇād bhagavad-vīrya-sambhavāt kriyā-śaktir ahaṅkāras tri-vidhaḥ samapadyata
Synonyms
mahat-tattvāt — from the mahat-tattva; vikurvāṇāt — undergoing a change; bhagavat-vīrya-sambhavāt — evolved from the Lord’s own energy; kriyā-śaktiḥ — endowed with active power; ahaṅkāraḥ — the material ego; tri-vidhaḥ — of the three kinds; samapadyata — sprang up; vaikārikaḥ — material ego in transformed goodness; taijasaḥ — material ego in passion; ca — and; tāmasaḥ — material ego in ignorance; ca — also; yataḥ — from which; bhavaḥ — the origin; manasaḥ — of the mind; ca — and; indriyāṇām — of the senses for perception and action; ca — and; bhūtānām mahatām — of the five gross elements; api — also.

Translation

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.

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ŚB 3.26.23requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pagecanonical reading passagereceived source-text passage preserved as the canonical reading targetŚB 3.26parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 3parent skandha chapter index/bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pagesŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditationŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhaktiŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source sealŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original PersonŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · AntaryāmīŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevāŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smilingŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugrahaŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darknessŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at ŚambhalaŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtanaSkandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā source-walk inside the Bhāgavatam master pageBG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than KrishnaBG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of allBG 15.15Krishna seated in every heart and the target of all Veda/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Bhāgavata prema as the Bindu made rasa/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

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