Shloka 91
Invocations, Definition and Authority of Purāṇa, Pulastya–Bhīṣma Frame, and the Creation–Dissolution Schema
प्रधानतत्वेन समं तथा बीजादिभिर्वृतः । वैकारिकस्तैजसश्च भूतादिश्चैव तामसः
pradhānatatvena samaṃ tathā bījādibhirvṛtaḥ | vaikārikastaijasaśca bhūtādiścaiva tāmasaḥ
પ્રધાનતત્ત્વ સાથે અને બીજાદિ કારણોથી આવૃત થઈ વૈકારિક તથા તૈજસ ભાવો ઉત્પન્ન થાય છે; તેમજ ભૂતાદિ પણ, જે નિશ્ચયે તામસ છે.
Unspecified (narratorial/teaching voice within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa cosmology section)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: बीजादिभिर्वृतः = बीजादिभिः + वृतः; वैकारिकस्तैजसश्च = वैकारिकः + तैजसः + च; भूतादिश्चैव = भूतादिः + च + एव
FAQs
Pradhāna refers to primordial, unmanifest material nature (prakṛti) as used in Sāṅkhya-style cosmology, the causal ground from which subsequent principles evolve.
They denote the threefold functional differentiation associated with the guṇas: Vaikārika (sāttvika, mind/sense-faculty side), Taijasa (rājasa, activating/energizing factor), and Bhūtādi (tāmasa, the basis leading toward the gross elements).
It outlines a causal sequence: from Pradhāna and the ‘seed’ (bīja) arise differentiated modes tied to the three guṇas, culminating in the tāmasa stream (bhūtādi) that supports manifestation of material elements.