SB 11.22.20 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.22.20

षडित्यत्रापि भूतानि पञ्चषष्ठ: पर: पुमान् । तैर्युक्त आत्मसम्भूतै: सृष्ट्वेदं समपाविशत् ॥ २० ॥

ṣaḍ ity atrāpi bhūtāni

[shad ity atraapi bhootaani]

pañca ṣaṣṭhaḥ paraḥ pumān

[pancha shashthah parah pumaan]

tair yukta ātma-sambhūtaiḥ

[tair yukta aatma-sambhootaih]

sṛṣṭvedaṁ samapāviśat

[srishtvedam samapaavishat]

Word-for-word

ṣaṭ — six iti — thus atra — in this theory api — also bhūtāni — the elements pañca — five ṣaṣṭhaḥ — the sixth paraḥ — the transcendental pumān — Supreme Personality taiḥ — with those (five gross elements) yuktaḥ — conjoined ātma — from Himself sambhūtaiḥ — created sṛṣṭvā — sending forth idam — this creation samupāviśat — He entered within it.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

ṣaḍ ity atrāpi bhūtāni

ṣaṭ

six

iti

thus

atra

in this theory

api

also

bhūtāni

the elements

pañca ṣaṣṭhaḥ paraḥ pumān

pañca

five

ṣaṣṭhaḥ

the sixth

paraḥ

the transcendental

pumān

Supreme Personality

tair yukta ātma-sambhūtaiḥ

taiḥ

with those (five gross elements)

yuktaḥ

conjoined

ātma

from Himself

sambhūtaiḥ

created

sṛṣṭvedaṁ samapāviśat

sṛṣṭvā

sending forth

idam

this creation

samupāviśat

He entered within it.

Other philosophers state that there are six elements — the five physical elements (earth, water, fire, air and ether) and the sixth element, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That Supreme Lord, endowed with the elements that He has brought forth from Himself, creates this universe and then personally enters within it.

Purport

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī states that according to this philosophy, the ordinary living entity is included within the category of the Supersoul. This theory thus accepts only the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the five physical elements.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Other philosophers state that there are six elements—the five physical elements (earth, water, fire, air and ether) and the sixth element, the Supreme Lord. That Supreme Lord, endowed with the elements that he has brought forth from himself, creates this universe and then personally enters within it. According to some sages there are six elements. The other elements are included in the five elements. The jīva is included in the Supreme Lord.

Personal Guidance

Others propose six elements — five physical plus the Lord, who has brought them forth from Himself. The reduction does not diminish the Lord; He is named as Source.

Reflection Questions

What reductive analyses still leave the Lord intact?
Where do I confuse reduction with denial?

📝 My note

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