Text 17] Maharaja Prthu’s Going Back Home 995

explained how they are created one after another: the air from the sky, the
fire from the air, the water from the fire, the earth from the water, etc. It
is important to know thoroughly the process of creation as it applies to this
cosmic manifestation. Similarly, this body is also created according to the
same process by the Supreme Lord. The Personality of Godhead, after
entering the universe, creates the cosmic manifestations one after another.
Similarly, the living entity, after entering a womb of a mother, also
collects his gross and subtle bodies, taking ingredients from the totality of
sky, air, fire, water and earth. The words yathda-sthanamn vibhadgasah
indicate that one should know the process of creation and should meditate
upon the creative process inversely and thus become free from material
contamination.

TEXT 17

eesag wae aA TATRAY |
AAMAS RETA TT 112911

indriyesu manas tani
tanmatresu yathodbhavam

bhutadinamuny utkrsya
mahaty atmani sandadhe

indriyesu—in the sense organs; manah—the mind; tani—the sense organs;
tanmatresu—in the objects of the senses; yatha-udbhavam—wherefrom they
generated; bhuta-adina—by the five elements; amuni—all those sense
objects; utkrsya—taking out; mahati—in the mahat-tattva; atmani—unto
the ego; sandadhe—amalgamated.

TRANSLATION

He amalgamated the mind with the senses and the senses with the sense
objects, according to their respective positions, and he also amalgamated
the material ego with the total material energy, mahat-tattva.

PURPORT

In respect to the ego, the total material energy is sundered in two
parts—one agitated by the mode of ignorance, and the other agitated by
the modes of passion and goodness. Due to agitation by the mode of
ignorance, the five gross elements are created. Due to agitation by the
mode of passion, the mind is created, and due to agitation by the mode
of goodness, false egoism or identification with matter is created. The
mind is protected by a particular type of demigod. Sometimes the mind
