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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.27
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 27
- tato 'bhavan mahat-tattvam
- avyaktāt kāla-coditāt
- vijñānātmātma-deha-sthaṁ
- viśvaṁ vyañjaṁs tamo-nudaḥ
tataḥthereafter — thereafter; abhavatcame into existence — came into existence; mahatsupreme — supreme; tattvamsum total — sum total; avyaktātfrom the unmanifested — from the unmanifested; kālaby the interaction of time-coditātby the interaction of time — by the interaction of time; vijñānaunalloyed goodness-ātmāunalloyed goodness — unalloyed goodness; ātmasituated on the bodily self-dehasituated on the bodily self-sthamsituated on the bodily self — situated on the bodily self; viśvamcomplete universes — complete universes; vyañjanmanifesting — manifesting; tamaḥthe supreme light-nudaḥthe supreme light — the supreme light.
Thereafter, influenced by the interactions of eternal time, the supreme sum total of matter called the mahat-tattva became manifested, and in this mahat-tattva the unalloyed goodness, the Supreme Lord, sowed the seeds of universal manifestation out of His own body.
In due course of time, the impregnated material energy was manifested first as the total material ingredients. Everything takes its own time to fructify, and therefore the word kāla-coditāt, "influenced by time," is used herein. The mahat-tattva is the total consciousness because a portion of it is represented in everyone as the intellect. The mahat-tattva is directly connected with the supreme consciousness of the Supreme Being, but still it appears as matter. The mahat-tattva, or shadow of pure consciousness, is the germinating place of all creation. It is pure goodness with the slight addition of the material mode of passion, and therefore activity is generated from this point.