Text 17] Divisions of the Creation 397

due to the presence of the Supreme Lord. In the second, the false ego is
generated in which the material ingredients, material knowledge and
material activities arise.

PURPORT

The first emanation from the Supreme Lord for material creation is
called mahat-laltva, The interaction of the material modes is the cause of
false identification or the sense that a living being is made of material
clements. This false ego is the cause of identifying the body and mind with
the soul proper. Material resources and the capacity and knowledge to work
are all generated in the second term of creation, after the mahat-taltva.
Jitana indicates the senses which are sources of knowledge, and their con-
trolling deities. Work entails the working organs and their controlling
deities. All these are generated in the second creation.

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MARTA TNA ToTTAATT |
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bhita-sargas trliyas tu
tanmatro dravya-saktiman

calturtha aindriyah sargo
yas lu jiana-kriyalmakah

bhita-sargah—creation of matter; trliyah—is the third; ¢u—but;
tat-matrah—sense perception;dravya—of the elements; saktiman— generator;
calurthah—the fourth; aindriyah—in the matter of the senses; sargah—
creation; yah—that which; tu—but; jidna—knowledge acquiring; kriya
—working; almakah — basically.

TRANSLATION

The sense perceptions are created in the third creation, and from these
the elements are generated. The fourth creation is the creation of knowl-
edge and of working capacity.

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GUC TAA: AA BeaI gaa AA 2Il
