O King! When the illusory false ego that binds the soul has been cut off with the sword of discriminating knowledge and one remains with firm meditation on Acyuta, the Supreme Soul, it is called the ātyantika-pralaya. For the destruction of ahaṅkāra one practices bhakti-miśra-jṣāna. That is described in this verse. After cutting the bondage of ahaṅkāra by jṣāna-śāstra (viveka-hetinā), one remains with firm meditation of the mind upon Acyuta. Or, for the accomplished yogī, after destroying ahaṅkāra (acyutāmānaubhavaḥ) remains steady with complete realization of Brahman. Being fixed in that state is called ātyantika-pralaya (samplavam).