Shloka 92
Invocations, Definition and Authority of Purāṇa, Pulastya–Bhīṣma Frame, and the Creation–Dissolution Schema
त्रिविधोयमहंकारो महत्तत्त्वादजायत । भूतेंद्रियाणां पंचानां तथा कर्मेन्द्रियैः सह
trividhoyamahaṃkāro mahattattvādajāyata | bhūteṃdriyāṇāṃ paṃcānāṃ tathā karmendriyaiḥ saha
त्रिविधोऽयमहंकारो महत्तत्त्वादजायत। भूतेंद्रियाणां पञ्चानां तथा कर्मेन्द्रियैः सह॥
Narrator (Purāṇic narration; specific dialogue speaker not identifiable from the single verse alone)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: त्रिविधोयम् = त्रिविधः + अयम्; महत्तत्त्वादजायत = महत्तत्त्वात् + अजायत; भूतेंद्रियाणाम् = भूत + इन्द्रियाणाम् (भूतेन्द्रियाणाम्); कर्मेन्द्रियैः = कर्म + इन्द्रियैः
FAQs
It presents a tattva-sequence where Mahat (cosmic intellect) gives rise to threefold ahaṃkāra, and from ahaṃkāra proceed the groups that include the five elements and the faculties (including organs of action).
In classical Indian cosmology, ahaṃkāra is commonly described as threefold according to its qualities (guṇas): sāttvika, rājasika, and tāmasika, which then condition the emergence of different categories of faculties and elements.
Not directly; it is primarily a metaphysical/cosmological statement explaining the origin of categories (tattvas). Ethical or devotional applications would come from the broader chapter context rather than this verse alone.