Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 15
Nimi Questions the Yogendras: Māyā, Cosmic Dissolution, Guru-Śaraṇāgati, Bhakti, and Deity Worship
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धि: सह वैकारिकैर्नृप । प्रविशन्ति ह्यहङ्कारं स्वगुणैरहमात्मनि ॥ १५ ॥
indriyāṇi mano buddhiḥ saha vaikārikair nṛpa praviśanti hy ahaṅkāraṁ sva-guṇair aham ātmani
Ô roi, les sens matériels et l’intelligence se résorbent, avec leurs qualités propres, dans le faux ego rajassique d’où ils sont issus; et le mental, avec les devas, se fond dans le faux ego sattvique. Puis le faux ego total, avec toutes ses qualités, se dissout dans le mahat-tattva.
FAQs
This verse explains that the senses, mind, and intelligence ultimately rest in ahaṅkāra—the “I”-sense—because it is the organizing principle that claims experiences as “mine,” carrying the modes’ qualities.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī is instructing Parīkṣit in a Sāṅkhya-style description of how the material faculties arise and dissolve, helping him detach from bodily identification and focus on devotion to Bhagavān.
Notice how thoughts, choices, and sense-impulses gather around the feeling of “I” and “mine”; then redirect that identity toward service—seeing oneself as Kṛṣṇa’s servant—so the same faculties support bhakti rather than ego.