SB 3.5.30

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Third Canto - Chapter 5: Vidura's Talks with Maitreya

SB 3.5.29 - SB 3.5.31

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 30

ahaṁ-tattvād vikurvāṇān

mano vaikārikād abhūt

vaikārikāś ca ye devā

arthābhivyañjanaṁ yataḥ

SYNONYMS

aham-tattvāt—from the principle of false ego; vikurvāṇāt—by transformation; manaḥ—the mind; vaikārikāt—by interaction with the mode of goodness; abhūt—generated; vaikārikāḥ—by interaction with goodness; ca—also; ye—all these; devāḥ—demigods; artha—the phenomenon; abhivyañjanam—physical knowledge; yataḥ—the source.

TRANSLATION

The false ego is transformed into mind by interaction with the mode of goodness. All the demigods who control the phenomenal world are also products of the same principle, namely the interaction of false ego and the mode of goodness.

PURPORT

False ego interacting with the different modes of material nature is the source of all materials in the phenomenal world.

SB 3.5.29 - SB 3.5.31