SB 12.4.22 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.4.22

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

layaḥ prākṛtiko hy eṣa

[layah praakritiko hy esha]

puruṣāvyaktayor yadā

[purushaavyaktayor yadaa]

śaktayaḥ sampralīyante

[shaktayah sampraleeyante]

vivaśāḥ kāla-vidrutāḥ

[vivashaah kaala-vidrutaah]

Word-for-word

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.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

layaḥ prākṛtiko hy eṣa

layaḥ

the annihilation

prākṛtikaḥ

of the material elements

indeed

eṣaḥ

this

puruṣāvyaktayor yadā

puruṣa

of the Supreme Lord

avyaktayoḥ

and of His material nature in its unmanifest form

yadā

when

śaktayaḥ sampralīyante

śaktayaḥ

the energies

sampralīyante

merge totally

vivaśāḥ kāla-vidrutāḥ

vivaśāḥ

helpless

kāla

by time

vidrutāḥ

disarrayed.

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.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

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.

Personal Guidance

In prakrtika annihilation, the Lord and unmanifest nature remain — energies disassemble, but the eternal substratum does not. Something always remains. Our practice is to identify with that something rather than with what disassembles.

Reflection Questions

What in me feels untouched even when much around me dissolves?
How can I spend a little more time today aware of that unchanging witness?

📝 My note

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