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Chapter 5: Vidura's Talks with Maitreya

Verse 30 of 51
SB 3.5.30

अहंतत्त्वाद्विकुर्वाणान्मनो वैकारिकादभूत् वैकारिकाश्च ये देवा अर्थाभिव्यंजनं यतः

ahaṁ-tattvād vikurvāṇān mano vaikārikād abhūt vaikārikāś ca ye devā arthābhivyañjanaṁ yataḥ

Synonyms

aham-tattvātfrom the principle of false ego; vikurvāṇātby transformation; manaḥthe mind; vaikārikātby interaction with the mode of goodness; abhūtgenerated; vaikārikāḥby interaction with goodness; caalso; yeall these; devāḥdemigods; arthathe phenomenon; abhivyañjanamphysical knowledge; yataḥthe 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.

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