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Chapter 6: Creation of the Universal Form

Verse 26 of 40
SB 3.6.26

सत्त्वं चास्य विनिर्भिन्नं महान्धिष्ण्यमुपाविशत् चित्तेनांशेन येनासौ विज्ञानं प्रतिपद्यते

sattvaṁ cāsya vinirbhinnaṁ mahān dhiṣṇyam-upāviśat cittenāṁśena yenāsau vijñānaṁ pratipadyate

Synonyms

sattvam—consciousness; ca—also; asya—of the gigantic form; vinirbhinnam—being separately manifested; mahān—the total energy, mahat-tattva; diṣṇyam—with control; upāviśat—entered into; cittena aṁśena—along with his part of consciousness; yena—by which; asau—the living entity; vijñānam—specific knowledge; pratipadyate—cultivates..

Translation

Thereafter, when His consciousness separately manifested itself, the total energy, mahat-tattva, entered with His conscious part. Thus the living entity is able to conceive specific knowledge.

Verse 26 of 40