The introverted material ego thus transforms into three aspects: virtue, passion, and ignorance, which in turn produce the triple manifestation of the powers that generate matter, knowledge relating to material creations, and the intelligence that guides these material activities.

The darkness of the false ego (false ego or material ego, the force that binds the incarnate being to material existence, pushing them to identify with their body and seek to dominate matter) generates ether, the first of the five elements, and sound is its ethereal form. Sound is to ether what the object of vision is to the seer.

The five elements: ether, air, fire, water, and earth, are all manifestations of the darkness of the false ego. This amounts to saying that the false ego, within the aggregate of the global energy of material nature, is born from the marginal energy of the Lord, and that from this false ego, which seeks to dominate material creation, come the elements necessary for the illusory pleasure of living beings—humans, animals, and plants. Living beings practically rule over the material elements as masters and beneficiaries, although the Supreme Lord dominates them all. Truly, no one other than God can be called the beneficiary, but in their illusion, the distinct beings aspire to take on this role themselves. Thus, the false ego is born.

With these aspirations of the deluded beings, the deceptive elements are also born, by the Lord's will, which they may eagerly but vainly covet.

Sound is first created, then comes the manifestation of ether. Sound represents the subtle form of ether from which it is distinguished, just as the observer of a given object is distinguished from the object itself. Indeed, sound is the representation of the real object, and by describing that same object, it produces a definite idea. Thus, sound characterizes an object in a subtle way.

Similarly, the Lord's sound manifestation, like that which describes His characteristic features, is equivalent to Krishna's own form. Nothing separates God from His sound manifestation, for both are absolute.

In the sound representation of Lord Krishna and His Holy Name, all His powers are invested. One can thus directly appreciate the presence of the Lord through the pure vibration of the sound manifestation of His Holy Name.

Lord Krishna thus manifests Himself without delay to His pure devotee, who will never be separated from Him, even for a moment. One who aspires to remain constantly in contact with Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, must therefore constantly chant the hymn of His Holy Names, as recommended in the holy scriptures.

Hare Krishna, hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, hare hare

Hare Rama, hare Rama, Rama Rama, hare hare