192 Srimad-Bhagavatam | Canto 3, Ch. 5

again gives a chance to the bewildered conditioned souls to get free from
this false ego, and that is why the material creation takes place at intervals.
He gives the conditioned souls all facilities for rectifying the activities of
the false ego, but He does not interfere with their small independence as
parts and parcels of the Lord.

TEXT 29

ReTaaganacts = SUSTTT |
areata || -afeacraata |
aatertaaa ARE AT HRS

mahat-tattvad vikurvanad
ahani-lattvam vyajayata

karya-karana-kartratma
bhutendriya-mano-mayah

vatkartkas taijasas ca
tamasas cety aham tridha

mahat—the great; tattvat—causal truth; vikurvanal—being transformed;
aham—false eyo; tattvam—material truth; vyaj@yata—became manifested;
karya—effeets; kdrana—cause; karlr—doer; dtma—soul or source; bhiila—
material ingredients; indriya—senses; manah-mayah—hovering on the men-
tal plane; vatkarikah— mode of goodness; taijasah—mode of passion; tama-
sah—mode of ignorance; ea—and, iti—thus; aham—false ego; tridha—three
kinds.

TRANSLATION

Mahat-tattva, or the great causal truth, transforms into false ego, which
is manifested in three phases—cause, effect and the doer. All such activities
are on the mental plane and are based on the material elements, gross
senses and mental speculation. The false ego is represented in three
different modes—goodness, passion and ignorance.

PURPORT

A pure living entity in his original spiritual existence is fully conscious
of his constitutional position as an eternal servitor of the Lord. All souls
who are situated in such pure consciousness are liberated, and therefore
they eternally live in bliss and knowledge in the various Vaikuntha
planets in the spiritual sky. When the material creation is manifested, it is
not meant for them. The eternally liberated souls are called nitya-muktas,
