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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.32
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 32
- tāmaso bhūta-sūkṣmādir
- yataḥ khaṁ liṅgam ātmanaḥ
tāmasaḥfrom the mode of passion — from the mode of passion; bhūtasubtle sense objects-sūkṣmasubtle sense objects-ādiḥsubtle sense objects — subtle sense objects; yataḥfrom which — from which; khamthe sky — the sky; liṅgamsymbolic representation — symbolic representation; ātmanaḥof the Supreme Soul — of the Supreme Soul.
The sky is a product of sound, and sound is the transformation of egoistic passion. In other words, the sky is the symbolic representation of the Supreme Soul.
In the Vedic hymns it is said, etasmād ātmanaḥ ākāśaḥ sambhūtaḥ. The sky is the symbolic representation of the Supreme Soul. Those who are egoistic in passion and ignorance cannot conceive of the Personality of Godhead. For them the sky is the symbolic representation of the Supreme Soul.