SB 10.85.11
Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 85: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Vasudeva and Retrieves Devakī's Sons
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 11
bhūtānām asi bhūtādir
indriyāṇāṁ ca taijasaḥ
vaikāriko vikalpānāṁ
pradhānam anuśāyinam
SYNONYMS
bhūtānām—of the physical elements; asi—You are; bhūta-ādiḥ—their source, false ego in the mode of ignorance; indriyāṇām—of the senses; ca—and; taijasaḥ—false ego in the mode of passion; vaikārikaḥ—false ego in the mode of goodness; vikalpānām—of the creative demigods; pradhānam—the unmanifest, total material energy; anuśāyinam—underlying.
TRANSLATION
You are false ego in the mode of ignorance, which is the source of the physical elements; false ego in the mode of passion, which is the source of the bodily senses; false ego in the mode of goodness, which is the source of the demigods; and the unmanifest, total material energy, which underlies everything.