250 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 5

vation of the various methods. In other words, the gross matters are
adhibhitam, their maintenance is adhidaivam, and the initiator of material
activities is called adhyatmam, and in the material world these three prin-
ciples act as prominent features, namely as raw material, its regular
supplies, and its use in different varieties of material creations for sense
enjoyment by the bewildered entities.

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so “hankara iti prokto
vikurvan samabhit tridha

vaikarikas taijasas ca
tdmasas ceti yad-bhida

dravya-saktih kriya-saktir
jiidna-Sak tir iti prabho

sah—the very same thing; ahankdrah—ego; iti—thus; proktah—said;
vikurvan—being transformed; samabhiit—became manifested; tridha—in
three features; vaikarikah—in the mode of goodness; taijasah—in the mode
of passion; ca—and; tamasah—in the mode of ignorance; ca—also; iti—thus;
yat—what is; bhida—divided; dravya-saktih—powers that evolve matter;
kriya-sak tih—initiation that creates; jidna-saktih—intelligence that guides;
iti—thus; prabho—the master.

TRANSLATION

The self-centered materialistic ego, thus being transformed into three
features, becomes known as the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance
in three divisions, namely the powers that evolve matter, knowledge of
material creations, and the intelligence that guides such materialistic
activities. Narada, you are quite competent to understand this.
