SB 12.5.6
Srimad-Bhagavatam - Twelfth Canto - Chapter 5: Śukadeva Gosvāmī's Final Instructions to Mahārāja Parīkṣit
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 6
- manaḥ sṛjati vai dehān
- guṇān karmāṇi cātmanaḥ
- tan manaḥ sṛjate māyā
- tato jīvasya saṁsṛtiḥ
SYNONYMS
manaḥ — the mind; sṛjati — produces; vai — indeed; dehān — the material bodies; guṇān — the qualities; karmāṇi — the activities; ca — and; ātmanaḥ — of the soul; tat — that; manaḥ — mind; sṛjate — produces; māyā — the illusory potency of the Supreme Lord; tataḥ — thus; jīvasya — of the individual living being; saṁsṛtiḥ — the material existence.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
The material bodies, qualities and activities of the spirit soul are created by the material mind. That mind is itself created by the illusory potency of the Supreme Lord, and thus the soul assumes material existence.