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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.11
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 11
- pañcabhiḥ pañcabhir brahma
- caturbhir daśabhis tathā
- etac catur-viṁśatikaṁ
- gaṇaṁ prādhānikaṁ viduḥ
pañcabhiḥwith the five (gross elements) — with the five (gross elements); pañcabhiḥthe five (subtle elements) — the five (subtle elements); brahmaBrahman — Brahman; caturbhiḥthe four (internal senses) — the four (internal senses); daśabhiḥthe ten (five senses for gathering knowledge and five organs of action) — the ten (five senses for gathering knowledge and five organs of action); tathāin that way — in that way; etatthis — this; catuḥconsisting of twenty-four elements-viṁśatikamconsisting of twenty-four elements — consisting of twenty-four elements; gaṇamaggregate — aggregate; prādhānikamcomprising the pradhāna — comprising the pradhāna; viduḥthey know — they know.
The aggregate elements, namely the five gross elements, the five subtle elements, the four internal senses, the five senses for gathering knowledge and the five outward organs of action, are known as the pradhāna.
According to Bhagavad-gītā, the sum total of the twenty-four elements described herein is called the yonir mahad brahma. The sum total of the living entities is impregnated into this yonir mahad brahma, and they are born in different forms, beginning from Brahmā down to the insignificant ant. In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and other Vedic literatures, the sum total of the twenty-four elements, pradhāna, is also described as yonir mahad brahma; it is the source of the birth and subsistence of all living entities.