Continuation of the account of the first kind of dissolution - Verse 27
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 6 · Verse 4.27
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Sanskrit Original
ततः शब्दगुणं तस्य भूतादिर ग्रसते पुनः भूतेन्द्रियेषु युगपद भूतादौ संस्थितेषु वै अभिमानात्मको ह्य एष भूतादिस तामसः स्मृतः ।।
tataḥ śabdaguṇaṃ tasya bhūtādir grasate punaḥ bhūtendriyeṣu yugapad bhūtādau saṃsthiteṣu vai abhimānātmako hy eṣa bhūtādis tāmasaḥ smṛtaḥ ||
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Then the quality of sound devours the primordial elements again. In the senses of the elements, it is established simultaneously in the elements. This is known as the tamasic aspect of the primordial elements, characterized by ego.