Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8
महत्तत्त्वाद्विकुर्वाणादहंतत्त्वं व्यजायत । त्रिधा तन्मुनिभिः प्रोक्तं सत्त्वरासतामसम्
mahattattvādvikurvāṇādahaṃtattvaṃ vyajāyata | tridhā tanmunibhiḥ proktaṃ sattvarāsatāmasam
«ຈາກມະຫັດຕັດຕະວະ ເມື່ອມັນແປປ່ຽນ ກໍເກີດຂຶ້ນ ອະຫັງຕັດຕະວະ (Ahaṃtattva) ຄື ຫຼັກແຫ່ງ “ຂ້ອຍ-ເປັນ”. ບັນດາມຸນີກ່າວວ່າ ມັນມີສາມພາກ—ສາດຕະວິກ (sāttvika), ຣາຈະສະ (rājasa), ແລະ ຕາມະສະ (tāmasa).»
Nārada
Scene: Mahat transforms like a luminous lotus unfolding; from it emerges a central ‘I’-knot (ahaṃkāra) that splits into three streams colored white (sattva), red (rajas), and dark (tamas), flowing outward to generate further principles.
FAQs
Inner experience (the sense of ‘I’) is conditioned by the three guṇas; spiritual discipline aims to refine this sense toward sāttvika clarity.
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