1080 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 26
sanniveso maya prokto
yah kalah pajica-vimsakah
etavan—so much; eva—just; sankhyatah—enumerated; brahmanah—of
Brahman; sa-gunasya—with material qualities; ha—indeed; sannivesah—
arrangement; mayd—by Me; proktah—spoken; yah—which; kalah—time;
pajica-vimsakah—the twenty-fifth.
TRANSLATION
All these are considered the qualified Brahman. The mixing element,
which is known as time, is counted as the twenty-fifth element.
PURPORT
According to the Vedic version there is no existence beyond Brahman.
Sarvam khalv idarn brahma (Chand. Up. 3.14.1). It is stated also in the Visnu
Purdna that whatever we see is parasya brahmanah saktih; everything is an
expansion of the energy of the Supreme Absolute Truth, Brahman. When
Brahman is mixed with the three qualities of goodness, passion and
ignorance, there results the material expansion, which is sometimes
called saguna Brahman and which consists of these twenty-five elements.
In the nirguna Brahman, where there is no material contamination, or in
the spiritual world, the three modes—goodness, passion and ignorance—
are not present. Where nirguna Brahman is found, simple unalloyed good-
ness prevails. Saguna Brahman is described by the sankhya system of
philosophy as consisting of twenty-five elements, including the time
factor (past, present and future).
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prabhavam paurusam prahuh
kalam eke yato bhayam
ahankara-vimiidhas ya
kartuh prakrtim tyusah
prabhavam—the influence; paurusam—of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; prahuh—they have said; kdlam—the time factor; eke—some;
