Text 26] Fundamental Principles of Material Nature 1091

sahasra-sirasam—with a thousand heads; saksat—directly; yam—whom;
anantam—Ananta; pracaksate—they call; sankarsana-akhyam—Sankarsana
by name; purusam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhiita—the gross
elements; indriya—the senses; manah-mayam—consisting of the mind.

TRANSLATION

The threefold ahankara, the source of the gross elements, the senses
and the mind, is hence identical with them because it is their cause.
It is known by the name of Sankargana, who is directly Lord Ananta
with a thousand heads.

TEXT 26

Rae SUT FT ae Bla way
araaeayetata a amet rea

kartrtvam karanatvam ca
karyatvam ceti laksanam

Sdnta-ghora-vimidhatvam
iti vd sydd ahankrteh

kartrtvam—being the doer; karanatvam—being the instrument; ca—and;
karyatvam—being the effect; ca—also; iti—thus; laksanam—characteristic;
Santa—serene; ghora—active; vimidhatvam—being dull; iti—thus; va—or;
syat—may be; ahankrteh—of the false ego.

TRANSLATION

This false ego is characterized as the doer, as an instrument and as an
effect. It is further characterized as serene, active or dull according to how
it is influenced by the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance.

PURPORT

Ahankara, or false ego, is transformed into the demigods, the con-
trolling directors of material affairs. As an instrument, the false ego is
represented as different senses and sense organs, and as the result of the
combination of the demigods and the senses, material objects are produced.
In the material world we are producing so many things, and this is called
