Bhūtasarga-Prakaraṇa
Account of Elemental Creation from Avyakta to Mahat
सूक्ष्मः स तु महानग्रे अव्यक्तेन समावृतः / सत्त्वोद्रेको महानग्रे सत्त्वमात्रप्रकाशकः
sūkṣmaḥ sa tu mahānagre avyaktena samāvṛtaḥ / sattvodreko mahānagre sattvamātraprakāśakaḥ
He is subtle; in the beginning he became the Mahat, veiled by the Unmanifest (Avyakta). At the outset, with sattva predominant, he illumines only the essence of sattva.