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
ಹೇ ನೃಪ! ಭೌತಿಕ ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಬುದ್ಧಿ, ಅವು ಉದ್ಭವಿಸಿದ ರಜೋಗುಣ ಅಹಂಕಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮ ತಮ್ಮ ಗುಣಗಳೊಡನೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸುತ್ತವೆ; ಮನಸ್ಸು ದೇವತೆಗಳೊಡನೆ ಸತ್ತ್ವಗುಣ ಅಹಂಕಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಲೀನವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ನಂತರ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಅಹಂಕಾರವು ತನ್ನ ಗುಣಗಳೊಡನೆ ಮಹತ್ತತ್ತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಲೀನವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.
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.