[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Religious Traditions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya) › [Other cults, manuals and hymns](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general) › [Hymns to the Goddess](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra) › [Laghustutih (vrittisameta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti) › 255 # Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 255 Laghustutiḥ (vṛttisametā) 255 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.255) prakṛtiḥ . saiveśaśaktyā parākhyayā kṣubhitaguṇā kālakarmānuguṇye mahāntaṃ sṛjati . tato'hantattvam . tataḥ śabdādipañcakamākāśādipañcakamindriyadaśakamantaḥkaraṇaṃ cāhaṅkāro bhūtvā sṛjati . tatra prathamamicchājñānakriyāśaktyātmakaṃ manobuddhyahaṅkārākhyamantaḥkaraṇaṃ tato jñānakriyāsādhanāni karaṇāni tato jñeyaṃ kāryaṃ ca > That very \[prakṛti\], its qualities agitated by the lord's power called parā, in accordance with time and karma, creates mahat. Then \[it creates\] the principle of egoity (ahantattva). Then the ego (ahaṅkāra), having become \[active\], creates the five beginning with sound, the five beginning with space, the ten senses, and the inner instrument. There, first \[it creates\] the inner instrument consisting of the powers of will, knowledge, and action, called mind, intellect, and ego; then the sense organs which are the instruments of knowledge and action; then what is to be known and the effect, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 254](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.254) - [Next: 256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.256) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti~en-mt.255) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Laghustutivṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti!laghustutivrtti.243) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.255) · Pramāṇa