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.
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Raed Ret aT He Fe way |
aeqaaqectas IM AEH? REI
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
