Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 3: The Status Quo

Chapter 6: Creation of the Universal Form. Text 26

सत्त्वं चास्य विनिर्भिन्नं महान्धिष्ण्यमुपाविशत् ।
चित्तेनांशेन येनासौ विज्ञानं प्रतिपद्यते ॥२६॥

sattvaá¹ cÄsya vinirbhinnaá¹
mahÄn dhiṣṇyam upÄviÅ›at
cittenÄmÅ›ena yenÄsau
vijñÄnaá¹ pratipadyate

 sattvam - consciousness; ca - also; asya - of the gigantic form; vinirbhinnam - being separately manifested; mahÄn - the total energy, mahat-tattva; dhiṣṇyam - with control; upÄviÅ›at - entered into; cittena amÅ›ena - along with His part of consciousness; yena - by which; asau - the living entity; vijñÄnam - specific knowledge; pratipadyate - cultivates.


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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.

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