Devanagari
भूतानामसि भूतादिरिन्द्रियाणां च तैजस: ।
वैकारिको विकल्पानां प्रधानमनुशायिनम् ॥ ११ ॥
Verse text
bhūtānām asi bhūtādir
indriyāṇāṁ ca taijasaḥ
vaikāriko vikalpānāṁ
pradhānam anuśāyinam
Synonyms
bhūtānām
—
of the physical elements
;
asi
—
You are
;
bhūta
—
ādiḥ — their source, false ego in the mode of ignorance
;
indriyāṇām
—
of the senses
;
ca
—
and
;
taijasaḥ
—
false ego in the mode of passion
;
vaikārikaḥ
—
false ego in the mode of goodness
;
vikalpānām
—
of the creative demigods
;
pradhānam
—
the unmanifest, total material energy
;
anuśāyinam
—
underlying .
Translation
You are false ego in the mode of ignorance, which is the source of the physical elements; false ego in the mode of passion, which is the source of the bodily senses; false ego in the mode of goodness, which is the source of the demigods; and the unmanifest, total material energy, which underlies everything.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
You are false ego in the mode of ignorance, which is the source of the physical elements; false ego in the mode of passion, which is the source of the bodily senses; false ego in the mode of goodness, which is the source of the demigods; and the unmanifest, total material energy, which underlies everything.
KB 10.85.11
“You are the egoistic principle of ignorance, which is the cause of this material world, the egoistic principle of passion, which is the cause of the senses, and the egoistic principle of goodness, which is the origin of the different controlling deities of this material world. The illusory energy, or māyā, which is the cause of the conditioned soul’s perpetual transmigration from one form to another, is You.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
You are the tamasika ahankara which causes the five gross elements, the rajasika ahankara which causes the senses, the sattvika ahankara which causes devatas (vikalpanam), and the cause of continued rebirth (pradhanam) of the jivas (anusayinam).
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Anuśāyinām refers to living entities when they merge in prakṛti. This is not the state of liberation.
Purport (Sanatana Goswami)
Now the śakti of ahaṅkāra of three types is explained in three verses. Pradhānam, the root of everything, is your śakti for those beings who have merged in prakṛti. This excludes liberated souls. These jīvas enter the creation to enjoy.