156 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 20
not accept the omnipotent supreme father. If one accepts the omnipotent
supreme father, he abides by His orders and becomes a religious person.
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tabe mahat-tattva haite trividha ahankdara
yaha haite devatendriya-bh&tera pracara
SYNONYMS
tabe—thereafter; mahat-tattva haite—from the total material energy; tri-
vidha—three kinds of; ahankdra—egotism; yaha haite—from which; devatd—of
predominating deities; indriya—of the senses; bhdtera—and of material ele-
ments; pracdra—expansion.
TRANSLATION
“First the total material energy is manifest, and from this arise the three
types of egotism, which are the original sources from which all demigods
[controlling deities], senses and material elements expand.
PURPORT
The three types of egotism (ahankdra) are technically known as vaikdrika, taijasa
and tamasa. The mahat-tattva is situated within the heart, or citta, and the pre-
dominating Deity of the mahat-tattva is Lord Vasudeva (Bhag. 3.26.21). The
mahat-tattva is transformed into three divisions: (1) vaikarika, egotism in good-
ness (sattvika-ahankdra), from which the eleventh sense organ, the mind, is
manifest and whose predominating Deity is Aniruddha (Bhag. 3.26.27-28);
(2) taijasa, or egotism in passion (rajasa-ahankdra), from which the senses and in-
telligence are manifest and whose predominating Deity is Lord Pradyumna
(Bhag. 3.26.29-31); (3) témasa, or egotism in ignorance, from which sound vibra-
tion (sabda-tanmatra) expands. From the sound vibration, the sky (akasa) is
manifest and, the senses, beginning with the ear, are also manifest
(Bhag. 3.26.32). Of these three types of egotism, Lord Sankarsana is the pre-
dominating Deity. In the philosophical discourse known as the Sankhya-kdarikd, it
is stated: sattvika ekadasakah pravartate vaikrtad ahankarat—bhutades tan-
matram tamasa-taijasady-ubhayam.
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