Tattvabodha 7.3.2.2

Tattvabodha - Verse 7.3.2.2

Sanskrit

एतेषां पञ्चतत्त्वानां समष्टिसात्विकांशात् मनोबुद्ध्यहङ्कारचित्तान्तःकरणानि सम्भूतानि । सङ्कल्पविकल्पात्मकं मनः । निश्चयात्मिका बुद्धिः । अहंकर्ता अहंकारः । चिन्तनकर्तृ चित्तम् । मनसो देवता चन्द्रमाः । बुद्धे ब्रह्मा । अहंकारस्य रुद्रः । चित्तस्य वासुदेवः ।

Translation

From the collective Sattva aspect of these five elements, the inner instrument (Antahkarana) consisting of Mind, Intellect, Ego, and Memory was born. Mind is for volition (doubt/desire); Intellect for decision (certainty); Ego is the doer (I-maker); Memory is the thinker. Their deities are the Moon, Brahma, Rudra, and Vasudeva respectively.

Word-for-Word

eteṣāṃ pañca-tattvānāṃ (of these five elements) samaṣṭi-sāttvika-aṃśāt (from collective Sattva aspect) mano-buddhi-ahaṅkāra-citta-antaḥkaraṇāni (the inner instruments: mind, intellect, ego, and memory) sambhūtāni (were born). saṅkalpa-vikalpa-ātmakaṃ manaḥ (mind is of the nature of doubt/desire); niścaya-ātmikā buddhiḥ (intellect is of the nature of certainty); ahaṃkartā ahaṅkāraḥ (ego is the I-maker); cintana-kartṛ cittam (memory is the thinker). manaso devatā candramāḥ (Moon is the deity of the mind); buddheḥ brahmā (Brahma of the intellect); ahaṅkārasya rudraḥ (Rudra of the ego); cittasya vāsudevaḥ (Vasudeva of memory).

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