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SB 12.4.22

Devanāgarī

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

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.

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