Canto & Chapters
Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations (24 Chapters)
Chapter 130v
Chapter 1
Chapter 230v
Chapter 2
Chapter 330v
Chapter 3
Chapter 430v
Chapter 4
Chapter 530v
Chapter 5
Chapter 630v
Chapter 6
Chapter 730v
Chapter 7
Chapter 830v
Chapter 8
Chapter 930v
Chapter 9
Chapter 1030v
Chapter 10
Chapter 1130v
Chapter 11
Chapter 1230v
Chapter 12
Chapter 1330v
Chapter 13
Chapter 1430v
Chapter 14
Chapter 1530v
Chapter 15
Chapter 1630v
Chapter 16
Chapter 1730v
Chapter 17
Chapter 1830v
Chapter 18
Chapter 1930v
Chapter 19
Chapter 2030v
Chapter 20
Chapter 2130v
Chapter 21
Chapter 2230v
Chapter 22
Chapter 2330v
Chapter 23
Chapter 2430v
Chapter 24
Canto 8, Chapter 16
Chapter 16
Verse 30 (SB 8.16.30)
SB 8.16.30 • मूल श्लोक
नमोऽव्यक्ताय सूक्ष्माय प्रधानपुरुषाय च । चतुर्विंशद्गुणज्ञाय गुणसङ्ख्यानहेतवे ॥ ३० ॥
Transliteration
namo ’vyaktāya sūkṣmāya pradhāna-puruṣāya ca catur-viṁśad-guṇa-jñāya guṇa-saṅkhyāna-hetave
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
namaḥ — I offer my respectful obeisances unto You; avyaktāya — who are never seen by material eyes; sūkṣmāya — transcendental; pradhāna-puruṣāya — the Supreme Person; ca — also; catuḥ-viṁśat — twenty-four; guṇa-jñāya — the knower of the elements; guṇa-saṅkhyāna — of the sāṅkhya-yoga system; hetave — the original cause.
Translation
“I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, the Supreme Person. Being very subtle, You are never visible to material eyes. You are the knower of the twenty-four elements, and You are the inaugurator of the sāṅkhya-yoga system.”
Bhaktivedanta Purport
By Śrīla PrabhupādaCatur-viṁśad-guṇa, the twenty-four elements, are the five gross elements (earth, water, fire, air and ether), the three subtle elements (mind, intelligence and false ego), the ten senses (five for working and five for acquiring knowledge), the five sense objects, and contaminated consciousness. These are the subject matter of sāṅkhya-yoga, which was inaugurated by Lord Kapiladeva. This sāṅkhya-yoga was again propounded by another Kapila, but he was an atheist, and his system is not accepted as bona fide.