Pratisarga-pravartana (How Re-Creation Proceeds) / पुनःसर्ग-प्रवर्तन
क्षेत्रज्ञाधिष्ठितं सत्त्वं विकारं जनयिष्यति / महदाद्यं विशेषान्तं चतुर्विंशगुणात्मकम्
kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitaṃ sattvaṃ vikāraṃ janayiṣyati / mahadādyaṃ viśeṣāntaṃ caturviṃśaguṇātmakam
Presided over by the Knower of the Field, sattva will generate transformation—from Mahat down to the Viśeṣas—constituting the twenty-four principles (tattvas).