SB 12.4.22

SB 12.4.22

Devanagari

लय: प्राकृतिको ह्येष पुरुषाव्यक्तयोर्यदा । शक्तय: सम्प्रलीयन्ते विवशा: कालविद्रुता: ॥ २२ ॥

Verse text

layaḥ prākṛtiko hy eṣa puruṣāvyaktayor yadā śaktayaḥ sampralīyante vivaśāḥ kāla-vidrutāḥ

Synonyms

layaḥ the annihilation ; prākṛtikaḥ of the material elements ; hi indeed ; eṣaḥ this ; puruṣa of the Supreme Lord ; avyaktayoḥ and of His material nature in its unmanifest form ; yadā when ; śaktayaḥ the energies ; sampralīyante merge totally ; vivaśāḥ helpless ; kāla by time ; vidrutāḥ disarrayed .

Translation

This is the annihilation called prākṛtika, during which the energies belonging to the Supreme Person and His unmanifest material nature, disassembled by the force of time, are deprived of their potencies and merge together totally.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The annihilation is called prākṛtika when the energies belonging to the Supreme Person and prakṛti, disassembled by the force of time, merge together totally. Energies like sattva-guṇa merge into prakṛti. However the Lord and prakṛti never are affected at any time.