Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.23-24
SB 3.26.23-24
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mahat-tattvād vikurvāṇād bhagavad-vīrya-sambhavāt kriyā-śaktir ahaṅkāras tri-vidhaḥ samapadyata vaikārikas taijasaś ca tāmasaś ca yato bhavaḥ manasaś cendriyāṇāṁ ca bhūtānāṁ mahatām api
Translation
The material ego springs up from the mahat-tattva, which evolved from the Lord's own energy. The material ego is endowed predominantly with active power of three kinds—good, passionate and ignorant. It is from these three types of material ego that the mind, the senses of perception, the organs of action, and the gross elements evolve.