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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.28
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 28
- so 'py aṁśa-guṇa-kālātmā
- bhagavad-dṛṣṭi-gocaraḥ
- ātmānaṁ vyakarod ātmā
- viśvasyāsya sisṛkṣayā
saḥmahat-tattva — mahat-tattva; apialso — also; aṁśapuruṣa plenary expansion — puruṣa plenary expansion; guṇachiefly the quality of ignorance — chiefly the quality of ignorance; kālathe duration of time — the duration of time; ātmāfull consciousness — full consciousness; bhagavatthe Personality of Godhead — the Personality of Godhead; dṛṣṭirange of sight-gocaraḥrange of sight — range of sight; ātmānammany different forms — many different forms; vyakarotdifferentiated — differentiated; ātmāreservoir — reservoir; viśvasyathe would-be entities — the would-be entities; asyaof this — of this; sisṛkṣayāgenerates the false ego — generates the false ego.
Thereafter the mahat-tattva differentiated itself into many different forms as the reservoir of the would-be entities. The mahat-tattva is chiefly in the mode of ignorance, and it generates the false ego. It is a plenary expansion of the Personality of Godhead, with full consciousness of creative principles and time for fructification.
The mahat-tattva is the via medium between pure spirit and material existence. It is the junction of matter and spirit wherefrom the false ego of the living entity is generated. All living entities are differentiated parts and parcels of the Personality of Godhead. Under the pressure of false ego, the conditioned souls, although parts and parcels of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, claim to be the enjoyers of material nature. This false ego is the binding force of material existence. The Lord again and again gives a chance to the bewildered conditioned souls to get free from this false ego, and that is why the material creation takes place at intervals. He gives the conditioned souls all facilities for rectifying the activities of the false ego, but He does not interfere with their small independence as parts and parcels of the Lord.