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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 5]
vation of the various methods. In other words, the gross matters are  adhibhūtam , their maintenance is  adhidaivam , and the initiator of material activities is called  adhyātmam , and in the material world these three principles act as prominent features, namely as raw material, its regular supplies, and its use in different varieties of material creations for sense enjoyment by the bewildered entities.
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सोऽहङ्कार इति प्रोक्तो विकुर्वन् समभूत्त्रिधा ।
द्रव्यशक्तिः क्रियाशक्तिर्ज्ञानशक्तिरिति प्रभो ॥२४॥
so 'haṅkāra iti prokto vikurvan samabhūt tridhā vaikārikas taijasaś ca tāmasaś ceti yad-bhidā dravya-śaktiḥ kriyā-śaktir jñāna-śaktir iti prabho
saḥ—the very same thing; ahaṅkāraḥ—ego; iti—thus; proktaḥ—said; vikurvan—being transformed; samabhūt—became manifested; tridhā—in three features; vaikārikaḥ—in the mode of goodness; taijasaḥ—in the mode of passion; ca—and; tāmasaḥ—in the mode of ignorance; ca—also; iti—thus; yat—what is; bhidā—divided; dravya-śaktiḥ—powers that evolve matter; kriyā-śaktiḥ—initiation that creates; jñāna-śaktiḥ—intelligence that guides; iti—thus; prabho—the master.
TRANSLATION
The self-centered materialistic ego, thus being transformed into three features, becomes known as the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance in three divisions, namely the powers that evolve matter, knowledge of material creations, and the intelligence that guides such materialistic activities. Nārada, you are quite competent to understand this.