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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.8.11
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 11
- so 'ntaḥ śarīre 'rpita-bhūta-sūkṣmaḥ
- kālātmikāṁ śaktim udīrayāṇaḥ
- uvāsa tasmin salile pade sve
- yathānalo dāruṇi ruddha-vīryaḥ
saḥthe Supreme Lord — the Supreme Lord; antaḥwithin — within; śarīrein the transcendental body — in the transcendental body; arpitakept — kept; bhūtamaterial elements — material elements; sūkṣmaḥsubtle — subtle; kālathe form of time-ātmikāmthe form of time — the form of time; śaktimenergy — energy; udīrayāṇaḥinvigorating — invigorating; uvāsaresided — resided; tasmintherein — therein; salilein the water — in the water; padein the place — in the place; sveHis own — His own; yathāas much as — as much as; analaḥfire — fire; dāruṇiin the fuel wood — in the fuel wood; ruddhasubmerged strength-vīryaḥsubmerged strength — submerged strength.
Just like the strength of fire within fuel wood, the Lord remained within the water of dissolution, submerging all the living entities in their subtle bodies. He lay in the self-invigorated energy called kāla.
After the three worlds—the upper, lower and middle planetary systems—merged into the water of dissolution, the living entities of all the three worlds remained in their subtle bodies by dint of the energy called kāla. In this dissolution, the gross bodies became unmanifest, but the subtle bodies existed, just like the water of the material creation. Thus the material energy was not completely wound up, as is the case in the full dissolution of the material world.