1398 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 32
TEXT 29
TH HeMceneaeaas: = aU |
CHEMI AOS | ATTA RS
yatha mahdn aham-riipas
tri-vrt paiica-vidhah sva-rat
ekadasa-vidhas tasya
vapur andam jagad yatah

yatha—as; mahan—the mahat-tattva; aham-riipah—the false ego; tn-vrt—
the three modes of material nature; pafica-vidhah—the five material
elements; sva-rat—the individual consciousness; ekadasa-vidhah—the eleven
senses; tasya—of the living entity; vepuh—the material body; andam—the
brahmanda; jagat—the universe; yatah—from which or from whom.

TRANSLATION

From the total energy, the mahat-tattva, | have manifested the false
ego, the three modes of material nature, the five material elements, the
individual consciousness, the eleven senses and the material body. Similarly,
the entire universe has come from the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

PURPORT

The Supreme Lord is described as mahat-pada, which means that the
total material energy known as the mahat-tattva is lying at His lotus feet.
The origin or the total energy of the cosmic manifestation is the mahat-
tattva. From the mahat-tattva all the other twenty-four divisions have
sprung, namely the eleven senses (including the mind), the five sense
objects, the five material elements, and then consciousness, intelligence
and false ego. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the cause of the
mahat-tattva, and therefore, in one sense, because everything is an emana-
tion from the Supreme Lord, there is no difference between the Lord and
the cosmic manifestation. But at the same lime the cosmic manifestation
is different from the Lord. The word sva-rat is very significant here. Sva-rat
means independent. The Supreme Lord is independent, and the individual
soul is also independent. Although there is no comparison between the two
qualities of independence, the living entity is minutely independent, and
the Supreme Lord is fully independent. As the individual soul has a material
body made of five elements and the senses, the Supreme Independent Lord
