Shloka 17
अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्
Devanagari script
महतस्तु तथा वृत्तिः संकल्पाध्यवसायिका महतस् त्रिगुणस् तस्माद् अहंकारो रजो ऽधिकः
Transliteration
mahatastu tathā vṛttiḥ saṃkalpādhyavasāyikā mahatas triguṇas tasmād ahaṃkāro rajo 'dhikaḥ
Translation
महत् (बुद्धितत्त्व) याची वृत्ती संकल्प व निश्चय करणारी आहे। महत् त्रिगुणात्मक असल्याने त्यातून अहंकार उत्पन्न होतो, ज्यात रजोगुण अधिक प्रधान असतो।
Word by Word
mahataḥof Mahat (cosmic intellect)
mahataḥ:
tuindeed
tu:
tathāthus
tathā:
vṛttiḥfunction/operation
vṛttiḥ:
saṅkalpaintention/resolve
saṅkalpa:
adhyavasāyikācharacterized by decisive ascertainment
adhyavasāyikā:
mahataḥof Mahat
mahataḥ:
triguṇaḥconsisting of the three guṇas
triguṇaḥ:
tasmātfrom that/therefore
tasmāt:
ahaṃkāraḥego-principle, I-maker
ahaṃkāraḥ:
rajaḥ-adhikaḥwith rajas predominant/excessive
rajaḥ-adhikaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological sequence to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)