Bhagavata Purana 11.22.33
Srimad Bhagavatam · 22 · Verse 33
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Sanskrit Original
योऽसौ गुणक्षोभकृतो विकार: प्रधानमूलान्महत: प्रसूत: । अहं त्रिवृन्मोहविकल्पहेतु- र्वैकारिकस्तामस ऐन्द्रियश्च ॥ ३३ ॥
yo ’sau guṇa-kṣobha-kṛto vikāraḥ pradhāna-mūlān mahataḥ prasūtaḥ ahaṁ tri-vṛn moha-vikalpa-hetur vaikārikas tāmasa aindriyaś ca
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When the three modes of nature are agitated, the resultant transformation appears as the element false ego in three phases — goodness, passion and ignorance. Generated from the mahat-tattva, which is itself produced from the unmanifest pradhāna, this false ego becomes the cause of all material illusion and duality.