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Creation of the Universal Form
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by which;  asau —the living entity;  kartavyam —objective activities;  pratipadyate —takes in.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter the materialistic ego of the gigantic form separately manifested itself, and into it entered Rudra, the controller of false ego, with his own partial activities, by which the living entity transacts his objective actions.
PURPORT
The false ego of materialistic identity is controlled by the demigod Rudra, an incarnation of Lord Śiva. Rudra is the incarnation of the Supreme Lord who controls the mode of ignorance within material nature. The activities of the false ego are based on the objective of the body and mind. Most persons conducted by the false ego are controlled by Lord Śiva. When one reaches a finer version of ignorance, he falsely thinks of himself as the Supreme Lord. That egoistic conviction of the conditioned soul is the last snare of the illusory energy which controls the entire material world.
TEXT 26
सत्त्वं चास्य विनिर्मितं महान्धिष्यमुपविशत् । चित्तेनांशेन येनासौ विज्ञानं प्रतिपद्यते ॥२६॥
sattvam cāsya vinirbhinnam mahān dhiṣṇyam-upāviśat cittenāmśena yenāsau vijñānam pratipadyate
sattvam —consciousness;  ca —also;  asya —of the gigantic form;  vinirbhinnam —being separately manifested;  mahān —the total energy,  mahattattva ;  diṣṇyam —with control;  upāviśat —entered into;  cittena amśena —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.