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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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अहंतत्त्वाद्विकुर्वाणान्मनो वैकारिकादभूत् वैकारिकाश्च ये देवा अर्थाभिव्यञ्जनं यतः
ahaṁ-tattvād vikurvāṇān mano vaikārikād abhūt vaikārikāś ca ye devā arthābhivyañjanaṁ yataḥ
WORD BY 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.;
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.
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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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