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explained how they are created one after another: the air from the sky, the fire from the air, the water from the fire, the earth from the water, etc. It is important to know thoroughly the process of creation as it applies to this cosmic manifestation. Similarly, this body is also created according to the same process by the Supreme Lord. The Personality of Godhead, after entering the universe, creates the cosmic manifestations one after another. Similarly, the living entity, after entering a womb of a mother, also collects his gross and subtle bodies, taking ingredients from the totality of sky, air, fire, water and earth. The words  yathā-sthānam vibhāgaśaḥ  indicate that one should know the process of creation and should meditate upon the creative process inversely and thus become free from material contamination.
TEXT 17
इन्द्रियेषु मनस्तानि तन्मात्रेषु यथोद्भवम् ।
भूतादिनामृन्युत्कृष्य महत्यात्मनि सन्दधे ॥१७॥
indriyeṣu manas tāni tanmātreṣu yathodbhavam bhūtādināmūny utkṛṣya mahaty ātmani sandadhe
indriyeṣu —in the sense organs;  manaḥ —the mind;  tāni —the sense organs;  tanmātreṣu —in the objects of the senses;  yathā-udbhavam —wherefrom they generated;  bhūta-ādinā —by the five elements;  amūni —all those sense objects;  utkṛṣya —taking out;  mahati —in the  mahat-tattva ;  ātmani —unto the ego;  sandadhe —amalgamated.
TRANSLATION
He amalgamated the mind with the senses and the senses with the sense objects, according to their respective positions, and he also amalgamated the material ego with the total material energy, mahat-tattva.
PURPORT
In respect to the ego, the total material energy is sundered in two parts—one agitated by the mode of ignorance, and the other agitated by the modes of passion and goodness. Due to agitation by the mode of ignorance, the five gross elements are created. Due to agitation by the mode of passion, the mind is created, and due to agitation by the mode of goodness, false egoism or identification with matter is created. The mind is protected by a particular type of demigod. Sometimes the mind