{"id":3546,"date":"2024-11-12T03:36:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T22:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=3546"},"modified":"2024-11-11T19:56:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T14:26:07","slug":"the-difference-between-pradhana-prakriti-and-mahat-tattva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/the-difference-between-pradhana-prakriti-and-mahat-tattva\/","title":{"rendered":"The difference between Pradhana, Prakriti and Mahat-tattva"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vyasadeva.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vyasadeva.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">&#8220;&#8230; The combination of the three modes, which are eternal and unmanifested, is the cause of the manifested state, and is called <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Pradhana<\/span> &#8230;&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">(Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.26.10)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">In the commentary to the verse Srila Prabhupada says:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">&#8220;&#8230; Pradhana is the subtle, undifferentiated total sum of all material elements &#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Pradhana is therefore the set of non-differentiated and unmanifested material elements. Something similar to what scientists call &#8220;cosmic soup&#8221;, even before it is manifested outside. In that stage all the characteristics (the gunas) are perfectly balanced, none exceeds the other. Precisely for this reason the material nature is in the latent state and cannot move or activate the mechanism of creation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Then (in the same verse):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">&#8220;&#8230; is called <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Prakrti<\/span> when (it is) in the manifested stage of existence.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">In the same comment by Srila Prabhupada:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">&#8220;&#8230; when they are manifested (the elements) &#8230; that (state) is called Prakrti &#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">So Prakrti is when Pradhana becomes manifested. But the Srimad-Bhagavatam is clear on this point: without the intervention of the Supreme Entity Pradhana could never have developed into Prakrti.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Then the following stage:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">&#8220;Thus, after manifesting the variety, the effulgent <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">mahat-tattva<\/span> which contains within itself all the universes &#8230;&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">(Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.26.20)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Mahat is therefore the state in which the elements differentiate and become ready for the creation of forms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Manonatha Dasa (ACBSP)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">This is a section of the book \u201cBrilliant as the Sun\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">To buy the complete book, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kadachaeditions.com\/art\/brilliant-as-the-sun-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">click above<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><!-- Widget Shortcode --><div id=\"black-studio-tinymce-6\" class=\"widget-1 widget-first widget widget_black_studio_tinymce widget-shortcode area-arbitrary \"><h2 class=\"widgettitle\">KADACHA BookStore<\/h2><div class=\"textwidget\"><pre style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 20px;color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kadachaeditions.com\" id=\"kadbtn22\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"kad-btn btn-shortcode kad-btn-primary lg-kad-btn \" style=\"background-color:#3a5744; border: 0 solid; border-color:#000;  color:#ffffff;\" onMouseOver=\"this.style.color=&#039;gold&#039;\" onMouseOut=\"this.style.color=&#039;#ffffff&#039;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here to VIEW! 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