Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.10.16

bhūta-sargas tṛtīyas tu

tan-mātro dravya-śaktimān

caturtha aindriyaḥ sargo

yas tu jñāna-kriyātmakaḥ

SYNONYMS

bhūta-sargaḥ — creation of matter; tṛtīyaḥ — is the third; tu — but; tat-mātraḥ — sense perception; dravya — of the elements; śaktimān — generator; caturthaḥ — the fourth; aindriyaḥ — in the matter of the senses; sargaḥ — creation; yaḥ — that which; tu — but; jñāna — knowledge-acquiring; kriyā — working; ātmakaḥ — basically.

TRANSLATION

The sense perceptions are created in the third creation, and from these the elements are generated. The fourth creation is the creation of knowledge and of working capacity.

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