अभिमानोऽहङ्कारस्तस्माद्द्विविधः प्रवर्तते सर्गः ।एकादशकश्च गणस्तन्मात्रः पञ्चकश्चैव ॥ २४ ॥

abhimāno’haṅkārastasmāddvividhaḥ pravartate sargaḥ ।ekādaśakaśca gaṇastanmātraḥ pañcakaścaiva ॥ 24 ॥

abhimānaḥ=self-assertion; ahaṅkāraḥ=I-principle (egoism); tasmāt=from that; dvividhaḥ=two-fold; pravartate=proceeds; sargaḥ=creation; ekādaśakaḥ=eleven; ca=and; gaṇaḥ=group of; tanmātraḥ=prime subtle elements; pañcakaḥ=five; ca=and; eva=alone

Ahamkara (egoism) is self-assertion; from that proceeds a two-fold evolution – the set of eleven and the five-fold “tanmatras” . . . → Read More: Samkhya Karika 24

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