Srimad Bhagavatam — Tritiya Skandha, Shloka 30
Vidura’s Questions on Devotion and Sarga; Maitreya Begins the Account of Creation
अहंतत्त्वाद्विकुर्वाणान्मनो वैकारिकादभूत् । वैकारिकाश्च ये देवा अर्थाभिव्यञ्जनं यत: ॥ ३० ॥
ahaṁ-tattvād vikurvāṇān mano vaikārikād abhūt vaikārikāś ca ye devā arthābhivyañjanaṁ yataḥ
Cuando el falso ego se transforma en contacto con la guna de la bondad, surge la mente vaikarika. Y los devas que gobiernan el mundo fenoménico, haciendo que los objetos se manifiesten, también nacen de ese mismo principio vaikarika.
False ego interacting with the different modes of material nature is the source of all materials in the phenomenal world.
FAQs
This verse says the mind is produced from the transformation of false ego in the mode of goodness (vaikārika/sāttvika ahaṅkāra).
They are the presiding demigods connected with the senses, arising from sāttvika false ego and enabling the expression and recognition of sense-objects.
It reminds a seeker that mind and sense-perception are products of material nature; by cultivating sāttvika discipline and bhakti, one can regulate the mind rather than be ruled by it.