14.041
Brahmā said.
The one who has arisen as Mahat (the great principle) before is called ego. The origin of the sense of "I" is indeed called the second creation. (14-41-1)
The ego, being the origin of the elements and classified as vaikārika, is thus remembered. Of Tejas (fire/energy), consciousness is its essence, and the creation of beings is presided over by Prajāpati. (14-41-2)
He who is the origin of the gods, a divine being, the mind, the maker of the three worlds, and who identifies all that as 'I', he is called the abhimantā. (14-41-3)
This eternal world belongs to sages who are ever absorbed in spiritual knowledge, whose minds are purified, and who have perfected the rite of self-study. (14-41-4)
By egoism, drawing in the qualities, the origin of the elements thus creates; he, as the creator of beings, the sattvic (vaikārika) principle, acts throughout all this, and by his own power, thus influences the world. (14-41-5)
