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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 13]
the twenty-four elements for the creation of the material world, headed by the mahat-tattva.
PURPORT
In this verse the word  mahimabhiḥ  means  aiśvarya , or opulence. The Supreme Personality of Godhead can do whatever He likes. That is His  aiśvarya . No one can command Him, but He can command everyone.  Śaḍ-aiśvarya-pūrṇam . The Lord is full in six opulences. The  yoga-siddhis , the perfections of  yoga , such as the ability to become smaller than the smallest ( aṇimā-siddhi ) or bigger than the biggest ( mahimā-siddhi ), are present in Lord Viṣṇu.  Śaḍ-aiśvaryaiḥ pūrṇo ya iha bhagavān  (Cc.  Ādi  1.3). The word  ajā  means  māyā , or mystic power. Everything mysterious is in full existence in Viṣṇu.
The twenty-four elements mentioned are the five working senses ( pañca-karmendriya ), the five senses for obtaining knowledge ( pañca-jñānendriya ), the five gross material elements ( pañca-mahābhūta ), the five sense objects ( pañca-tanmātra ), the mind ( manas ), the false ego ( ahaṅkāra ), the  mahat-tattva , and material nature ( prakṛti ). All twenty-four of these elements are employed for the manifestation of this material world. The  mahat-tattva  is divided into different subtle categories, but originally it is called the  mahat-tattva .
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कालस्वभावसंस्कारकामकर्मगुणादिभिः । अपदिच्छपदिधिपूर्तिपद्धिरुपासिताः ॥५३॥
kāla-svabhāva-saṁskāra- kāma-karma-guṇādibhiḥ sva-mahi-dhvasta-mahibhir mūrtimadbhir upāsitāḥ
kāla —by the time factor;  svabhāva —own nature;  saṁskāra —reformation;  kāma —desire;  karma —fruitive action;  guṇa —the three modes of material nature;  ādibhiḥ —and by others;  sva-mahi-dhvasta-mahibhiḥ —whose own independence was subordinate to the potency of the Lord;  mūrti-madbhiḥ —possessing form;  upāsitāḥ —were being worshiped.