guṇa-vaiṣamyam ātmanaḥ
ādyas tu mahataḥ sargo
guṇa-vaiṣamyam ātmanaḥ
dvitīyas tv ahamo yatra
dravya-jñāna-kriyodayaḥ
The first creation is the creation of the mahat-tattva, or the sum total of the material ingredients, in which there is disturbance of the guṇas causes by the Lord. The second is the creation of the false ego, from which the five gross elements, knowledge sense, sense devatās, mind and the action senses are generated.
Starting with this verse the rest of the chapter is a description of the various creations. The first is the imbalance of the guṇas characterized by the appearance of mahat-tattva, instigated by the Lord (ātmanaḥ). The second creation that in which there is the appearance of ahaṅkāra (ahamaḥ), from which arises the five gross elements (dravya), the knowledge senses, sense devatās and mind (jñāna), and the action senses (kriya).
|| 3.10.16 ||
bhūta-sargas tṛtīyas tu
tan-mātro dravya-śaktimān
caturtha aindriyaḥ sargo
yas tu jñāna-kriyātmakaḥ
The third creation of matter is that of the tan-mātras, which have the power to produce the gross elements. The fourth creation is that of the knowledge and action senses.
The third creation of matter is that of the tan-mātras, which have the capacity (śaktimān) of producing the gross elements. The fourth is the creation of the senses, which consist of knowledge and action senses.
|| 3.10.17 ||
vaikāriko deva-sargaḥ
pañcamo yan-mayaṁ manaḥ
ṣaṣṭhas tu tamasaḥ sargo
yas tv abuddhi-kṛtaḥ prabhoḥ
The fifth is the creation of the sense devatās and the mind from ahaṅkāra in sattva. The sixth creation is the creation of ignorance, which is produced by the avidyā-śakti of the Lord which bewilders the jīva.
The fifth is related to the ahaṅkāra in sattva and consists of the creation of the deities presiding over the senses and the mind as well. These five are related to transformations of pradhāna. Next the creation of ignorance is described. This is a different type of undertaking. The sixth is the creation of ignorance. This was created by avidyā-śakti of the Lord which bewilders (abuddhi) the jīva.
The meaning is this. Māyā has three conditions: pradhāna, avidyā and vidyā. By pradhāna the elements from mahat-tattva to earth are created. These are real creations, by which the aggregate (samaṣṭi) and individual bodies (vyaṣṭi) of the jīvas, with gross and subtle bodies are created. By avidyā which bewilders the jīva, five types of ignorance—avidyā, asmitā, raga, devṣa and abhiniveśa-- are created. These are not real. The world, composed of real and unreal, is produced by pradhāna and avidyā. By vidyā, knowledge which destroys the five types of ignorance is created. This will explained later in the commentary.
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