Canto 3, Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Verse 26 (SB 3.6.26)
SB 3.6.26 • मूल श्लोक

सत्त्वं चास्य विनिर्भिन्नं महान्धिष्ण्यमुपाविशत् । चित्तेनांशेन येनासौ विज्ञानं प्रतिपद्यते ॥ २६ ॥

Transliteration

sattvaṁ cāsya vinirbhinnaṁ mahān dhiṣṇyam upāviśat cittenāṁśena yenāsau vijñānaṁ pratipadyate

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

sattvam — consciousness; ca — also; asya — of the gigantic form; vinirbhinnam — being separately manifested; mahān — the total energy, mahat-tattva; dhiṣṇyam — with control; upāviśat — entered into; cittena aṁśena — along with His part of consciousness; yena — by which; asau — the living entity; vijñānam — specific knowledge; pratipadyate — cultivates.

Translation

“Thereafter, when His consciousness separately manifested itself, the total energy, mahat-tattva, entered with His conscious part. Thus the living entity is able to conceive specific knowledge.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda