Shloka 35
वासुदेवस्वरूपनिरूपणं—सर्गक्रमश्च
Vāsudeva’s Nature and the Ordered Process of Creation
वैकारिकस् तैजसश् च भूतादिश् चैव तामसः त्रिविधो ऽयम् अहंकारो महत्तत्त्वाद् अजायत
vaikārikas taijasaś ca bhūtādiś caiva tāmasaḥ trividho 'yam ahaṃkāro mahattattvād ajāyata
မဟတ်တတ္တဝမှ အဟင်ကာရ ပေါ်ထွန်းလာ၍ သုံးမျိုးရှိသည်—သတ္တဝိက ဝိုင်ကာရိက၊ ရာဇသ တိုင်ဇသ၊ တာမသ ဘူတာဒီ; ဓာတ်များပေါ်ပေါက်ရာ မျိုးစေ့ဖြစ်သည်။
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse defines Ahaṃkāra as arising from Mahat and splitting into three guṇa-based forms, establishing the framework by which mind-senses and elements can emerge in the creation (Sarga) sequence.
He states that Mahat gives rise to Ahaṃkāra, whose tāmasa aspect (Bhūtādi) becomes the causal basis for the elemental manifestation, while the other aspects support higher faculties in the cosmic evolution.
Even while using Sāṃkhya-like categories, the Vishnu Purana frames cosmic evolution as part of Vishnu’s sovereign ordering of reality—tattvas unfold within the supreme ground of the Divine.