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
महतस्तु तथा वृत्तिः संकल्पाध्यवसायिका। महतस् त्रिगुणस् तस्माद् अहंकारो रजोऽधिकः॥
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)