Madhya-līlā

Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Verse 135 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.135

নিরোধো ঽস্যানু শযনমাত্মনঃ সহ শক্তিভিঃ মুক্তির্হিত্বান্যথারূপং স্বরূপেণ ব্যবস্থিতিঃ

निरोधो ऽस्यानु शयनमात्मनः सह शक्तिभिः मुक्तिर्हित्वान्यथारूपं स्वरूपेण व्यवस्थितिः

nirodho 'syānu śayanam ātmanaḥ saha śaktibhiḥ muktir hitvānyathā-rūpaṁ svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ

Synonyms

nirodhaḥwinding up; asyaof this; anuafter; śayanamlying down; ātmanaḥof the Supreme Lord; sahawith; śaktibhiḥthe energies (marginal and external); muktiḥliberation; hitvāgiving up; anyathāother; rūpamform; svarūpeṇawith one's own eternal form; vyavasthitiḥstaying..

Translation

" 'The living entities and other potencies merge in the Mahā-Viṣṇu as the Lord lies down and winds up [destroys] the cosmic manifestation. Liberation means being situated in one's eternal original form, which he attains after giving up the changeable gross and subtle bodies.'

Purport

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.10.6).

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