SB 12.7.11

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Twelfth Canto - Chapter 7: The Purāṇic Literatures

SB 12.7.9-10 - SB 12.7.12

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 11

avyākṛta-guṇa-kṣobhān

mahatas tri-vṛto 'hamaḥ

bhūta-sūkṣmendriyārthānāṁ

sambhavaḥ sarga ucyate

SYNONYMS

avyākṛta — of the unmanifest stage of nature; guṇa-kṣobhāt — by the agitation of the modes; mahataḥ — from the basic mahat-tattva; tri-vṛtaḥ — threefold; ahamaḥ — from the false ego; bhūta-sūkṣma — of the subtle forms of perception; indriya — of the senses; arthānām — and the objects of sense perception; sambhavaḥ — the generation; sargaḥ — creation; ucyate — is called.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

From the agitation of the original modes within the unmanifest material nature, the mahat-tattva arises. From the mahat-tattva comes the element false ego, which divides into three aspects. This threefold false ego further manifests as the subtle forms of perception, as the senses and as the gross sense objects. The generation of all these is called creation.

SB 12.7.9-10 - SB 12.7.12