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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.30

अहंतत्त्वाद्विकुर्वाणान्मनो वैकारिकादभूत् । वैकारिकाश्च ये देवा अर्थाभिव्यञ्जनं यत: ॥ ३० ॥
ahaṁ-tattvād vikurvāṇān
[aham-tattvaad vikurvaanaan]
mano vaikārikād abhūt
[mano vaikaarikaad abhoot]
vaikārikāś ca ye devā
[vaikaarikaash cha ye devaa]
arthābhivyañjanaṁ yataḥ
[arthaabhivyanjanam yatah]
Word-for-word
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ahaṁ-tattvād vikurvāṇān
aham-tattvāt
from the principle of false ego
vikurvāṇāt
by transformation
mano vaikārikād abhūt
manaḥ
the mind
vaikārikāt
by interaction with the mode of goodness
abhūt
generated
vaikārikāś ca ye devā
vaikārikāḥ
by interaction with goodness
ca
also
ye
all these
devāḥ
demigods
arthābhivyañjanaṁ yataḥ
artha
the phenomenon
abhivyañjanam
physical knowledge
yataḥ
the source.
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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
From the transformation of ahaṅkāra in sattva arose the mind. The sense devatās also arose from ahaṅkāra in sattva and from the devatās of the senses, the sense objects become revealed. Those who are devatās such as dik-devatās [Note: These devatās are the adhidaiva or kārtṛ mentioned in verse 29.] arose from ahaṇkaṛa in sattva and from those devatās (yataḥ) the sense objects (artha) such as sound are revealed. .
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
False ego is the quiet conviction that I am the doer and the enjoyer. The verse names this not to shame the reader but to free them from a story that is already exhausting to maintain. Its centre of gravity is modes of material nature.
Reflection Questions
  • Where is your pride hiding most successfully — in your spiritual life or in your work?
  • Whose help, regularly, do you accept without acknowledging?
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