Devanagari
सर्गो नवविधस्तस्य प्राकृतो वैकृतस्तु य: ।
कालद्रव्यगुणैरस्य त्रिविध: प्रतिसंक्रम: ॥ १४ ॥
Verse text
sargo nava-vidhas tasya
prākṛto vaikṛtas tu yaḥ
kāla-dravya-guṇair asya
tri-vidhaḥ pratisaṅkramaḥ
Synonyms
sargaḥ
—
creation
;
nava
—
vidhaḥ — of nine different kinds
;
tasya
—
its
;
prākṛtaḥ
—
material
;
vaikṛtaḥ
—
by the modes of material nature
;
tu
—
but
;
yaḥ
—
that which
;
kāla
—
eternal time
;
dravya
—
matter
;
guṇaiḥ
—
qualities
;
asya
—
its
;
tri
—
vidhaḥ — three kinds
;
pratisaṅkramaḥ
—
annihilation .
Translation
There are nine different kinds of creations besides the one which naturally occurs due to the interactions of the modes. There are three kinds of annihilations due to eternal time, the material elements and the quality of one’s work.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
There are nine types of creation (six are elemental and three are by Brahmā). The tenth (the creation of devatās) is a combination of elemental creation and a creation by Brahmā. There are three kinds of destruction: the destruction at the end of Brahmā’s life; the destruction at the end of Brahmā’s day; and the destruction of individual bodies by karma.
Having described time in general, Maitreya will describe time in detail in the next chapter. For that purpose, the creation which was previously described in detail is again discussed in summary for easy understanding. It is grouped into ten types. There are nine types and a tenth type which is a combination material creation and Brahmā’s creation. For the same purpose of discussing time, three types of destruction are listed: by time alone (kāla), the devastation of all universes; the daily destruction at the end of Brahmā’s day, by the fire from Saṅkarṣaṇa and other factors (dravya); and the common destruction through consumption of the body by an individual’s actions (guṇaiḥ).
Purport
The scheduled creations and annihilations take place in terms of the supreme will. There are other creations due to interactions of material elements which take place by the intelligence of Brahmā. Later these will be more explicitly explained. At present, only preliminary information is given. The three kinds of annihilations are (1) due to the scheduled time of the annihilation of the entire universe, (2) due to a fire which emanates from the mouth of Ananta, and (3) due to one’s qualitative actions and reactions.