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Fundamental Principles of Material Nature
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sahasra-śirasam —with a thousand heads;  sākṣāt —directly;  yam —whom;  anantam —Ananta;  pracakṣate —they call;  saṅkarṣaṇa-ākhyam —Saṅkarṣaṇa by name;  puruṣam —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  bhūta —the gross elements;  indriya —the senses;  manaḥ-mayam —consisting of the mind.
TRANSLATION
The threefold  ahaṅkāra , the source of the gross elements, the senses and the mind, is hence identical with them because it is their cause. It is known by the name of  Saṅkarṣaṇa , who is directly Lord Ananta with a thousand heads.
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कर्तृत्वं करणत्वं च कार्यत्वं चेति लक्षणम् । शान्तधोरविमूढत्वमिति वा स्यादहंकृतेः ॥२६॥
kartṛtvaṁ karaṇatvaṁ ca kāryatvaṁ ceti lakṣaṇam śānta-ghora-vimūḍhatvam iti vā syād ahaṅkṛteḥ
kartṛtvam —being the doer;  karaṇatvam —being the instrument;  ca —and;  kāryatvam —being the effect;  ca —also;  iti —thus;  lakṣaṇam —characteristic;  śānta —serene;  ghora —active;  vimūḍhatvam —being dull;  iti —thus;  vā —or;  syāt —may be;  ahaṅkṛteḥ —of the false ego.
TRANSLATION
This false ego is characterized as the doer, as an instrument and as an effect. It is further characterized as serene, active or dull according to how it is influenced by the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance.
PURPORT
Ahaṅkāra , or false ego, is transformed into the demigods, the controlling directors of material affairs. As an instrument, the false ego is represented as different senses and sense organs, and as the result of the combination of the demigods and the senses, material objects are produced. In the material world we are producing so many things, and this is called