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).