# SB 3.6.23 > बुद्धिं चास्य विनिर्भिन्नां वागीशो धिष्ण्यमाविशत् । > बोधेनांशेन बोद्धव्यम्प्रतिपत्तिर्यतो भवेत् ॥२३॥ ## Text > buddhiṁ cāsya vinirbhinnāṁ > vāg-īśo dhiṣṇyam āviśat > bodhenāṁśena boddhavyam > pratipattir yato bhavet ## Synonyms *buddhim*—intelligence; *ca*—also; *asya*—of the gigantic form; *vinirbhinnām*—being separately manifested; *vāk*-*īśaḥ*—Brahmā, lord of the *Vedas*; *dhiṣṇyam*—the controlling power; *āviśat*—entered in; *bodhena* *aṁśena*—with his part of intelligence; *boddhavyam*—the matter of understanding; *pratipattiḥ*—understood; *yataḥ*—by which; *bhavet*—so becomes. ## Translation **When the intelligence of the gigantic form separately became manifest, Brahmā, the lord of the Vedas, entered into it with the partial power of understanding, and thus an object of understanding is experienced by the living entities.**