SB 3.6.26 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

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

Verse text

sattvaṁ cāsya vinirbhinnaṁ mahān dhiṣṇyam upāviśat cittenāṁśena yenāsau vijṣānaṁ pratipadyate

Synonyms

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 ; vijṣānam — 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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

When the location in the heart of citta became differentiated, the presiding deity Viṣṇu along with his portion citta entered that place. By citta, consciousness appeared. Sattvam means the location of citta in one part of the heart. [Note: Citta is a portion of mahat-tattva in the individual jīva.] Mahān means Viṣṇu. Vijṣānam means consciousness.