SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:
sUthram 97
Having explained that the modifications of prakruthi become manifest when the equilibrium of the guNas is disturbed, the commentator now answers the natural question: Which is the first of these manifest modifications?
sUthram
விஷம விகாரங்களில் ப்ரதம விகாரம் மஹான்.
vishama vikArangaLil prathama vikAram mahAn.
Meaning
Among the manifest modifications that arise from the disequilibrium of the guNas, the first evolute is mahath.
Explanation
The commentator states that the first manifestation arising from the disequilibrium of the guNas is mahath.
In support of this, he cites the following authority [vishNu purANam]
गुणसाम्यात् ततस्तस्मात् क्षेत्रज्ञाधिष्ठितान् मुने ।
गुणव्यञ्जनसम्भूतिः साकाले द्विजोत्तम ॥
guNa sAmyAth thathas thasmAth kshEthragyAdhishtithAn munE |
guNa vyanjana sambhUthi: sA kAlE dhvijOththama ||
“From that equilibrium of the guNas, Oh sage, and under the overseeing of the kshEthragya, the manifestation of the guNas arises at the proper time, Oh best of the twice‑born!”
The commentator explains that from the avyaktha, which is in a state of equilibrium of the guNas and is presided over by the kshEthragya (the bound self), there arises mahath, known as guNa-vyanjana, because it is the first manifestation of the previously unmanifest guNas.
adiyen vAsudhEva rAmAnuja dhAsan
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