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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 32]
TEXT 29
यथा महानर्हरूपस्त्रिष्टत्वश्चविधः स्वराट् । एकादशविधस्तस्य त्रयुण्डं जगद्यतः ॥२९॥
yathā mahān aham-rūpas tri-vṛt pañca-vidhaḥ sva-rāt ekādaśa-vidhas tasya vapur aṇḍam jagad yataḥ
yathā—as; mahān—the mahat-tattva; aham-rūpaḥ—the false ego; tri-vṛt—the three modes of material nature; pañca-vidhaḥ—the five material elements; sva-rāt—the individual consciousness; ekādaśa-vidhaḥ—the eleven senses; tasya—of the living entity; vapuḥ—the material body; aṇḍam—the brahmāṇḍa; jagat—the universe; yataḥ—from which or from whom.
TRANSLATION
From the total energy, the mahat-tattva, I have manifested the false ego, the three modes of material nature, the five material elements, the individual consciousness, the eleven senses and the material body. Similarly, the entire universe has come from the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
The Supreme Lord is described as  mahat-pada , which means that the total material energy known as the  mahat-tattva  is lying at His lotus feet. The origin or the total energy of the cosmic manifestation is the  mahat-tattva . From the  mahat-tattva  all the other twenty-four divisions have sprung, namely the eleven senses (including the mind), the five sense objects, the five material elements, and then consciousness, intelligence and false ego. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the cause of the  mahat-tattva , and therefore, in one sense, because everything is an emanation from the Supreme Lord, there is no difference between the Lord and the cosmic manifestation. But at the same time the cosmic manifestation is different from the Lord. The word  sva-rāt  is very significant here.  Sva-rāt  means independent. The Supreme Lord is independent, and the individual soul is also independent. Although there is no comparison between the two qualities of independence, the living entity is minutely independent, and the Supreme Lord is fully independent. As the individual soul has a material body made of five elements and the senses, the Supreme Independent Lord