550 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 10
dasamasya visuddhy-artham
navandm iha laksanam
vamayanti mahatmanah
Srutendrthena cdafijasa
dasamasya—of the summum bonum; visuddhi—isolation; artham—pur-
pose; navanam—of the other nine; tha—in this Srimad-Bhagavatam;
laksanam—symptoms; varnayanti—they describe; mahda-atmanah—the great
sages; Snitena—by Vedic evidences; arthena—by direct explanation; ca—or;
ajijasa—summarily.
TRANSLATION
In order to eliminate transcendence of the summum bonum, the
symptoms of the rest are described sometimes by Vedic inference, some-
times by direct explanation, and sometimes by summary explanation given
by the great sages.
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bhiita-matrendriya-dhiyam
janma sarga udahytah
brahmano guna-vaisamyad
visargah paurusah smrtah
bhiita—the five gross elements like the sky, etc.; matra— objects perceived
by the senses; indriya—the senses; dhiyam—of the mind; janma—creation;
sargah—manifestation; udahrtah—is called the creation; brahmanah—of
Brahma, the first purusa; guna-vaisamyat—by interaction of the three
modes of nature; visargah—recreation; paurusah—resultant activities:
smytah— it is so known.
TRANSLATION
The elementary creation of sixteen items of matter—namely the five
elements [ fire, water, land, air and sky], sound, form, taste, smell, touch,
eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin and mind—is known as sarga, whereas sub-
sequent resultant interaction of the modes of material nature is called
visarga.
PURPORT
In order to explain the ten divisional symptoms of the Srimad-
Bhagavatam, there are seven continuous verses. The first of these under
