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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.32.9
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 9
- kṣmāmbho-'nalānila-viyan-mana-indriyārtha-
- bhūtādibhiḥ parivṛtaṁ pratisañjihīrṣuḥ
- avyākṛtaṁ viśati yarhi guṇa-trayātmā
- kālaṁ parākhyam anubhūya paraḥ svayambhūḥ
kṣmāearth — earth; ambhaḥwater — water; analafire — fire; anilaair — air; viyatether — ether; manaḥmind — mind; indriyathe senses — the senses; arthathe objects of the senses — the objects of the senses; bhūtaego — ego; ādibhiḥand so on — and so on; parivṛtamcovered by — covered by; pratisañjihīrṣuḥdesiring to dissolve — desiring to dissolve; avyākṛtamthe changeless spiritual sky — the changeless spiritual sky; viśatihe enters — he enters; yarhiat which time — at which time; guṇaconsisting of the three modes-trayaconsisting of the three modes-ātmāconsisting of the three modes — consisting of the three modes; kālamthe time — the time; paratwo parārdhas-ākhyamtwo parārdhas — two parārdhas; anubhūyaafter experiencing — after experiencing; paraḥthe chief — the chief; svayambhūḥLord Brahmā — Lord Brahmā.
After experiencing the inhabitable time of the three modes of material nature, known as two parārdhas, Lord Brahmā closes the material universe, which is covered by layers of earth, water, air, fire, ether, mind, ego, etc., and goes back to Godhead.
The word avyākṛtam is very significant in this verse. The same meaning is stated in Bhagavad-gītā, in the word sanātana. This material world is vyākṛta, or subject to changes, and it finally dissolves. But after the dissolution of this material world, the manifestation of the spiritual world, the sanātana-dhāma, remains. That spiritual sky is called avyākṛta, that which does not change, and there the Supreme Personality of Godhead resides. When, after ruling over the material universe under the influence of the time element, Lord Brahmā desires to dissolve it and enter into the kingdom of God, others then enter with him.