Shloka 11
इत्य् एष कल्पसंहाराद् अन्तरप्रलयो द्विज नैमित्तिकस् ते कथितः प्राकृतं शृण्वतः परम्
ity eṣa kalpasaṃhārād antarapralayo dvija naimittikas te kathitaḥ prākṛtaṃ śṛṇvataḥ param
হে দ্বিজ! কল্পসমাপ্তিত হোৱা অন্তৰপ্ৰলয়, অৰ্থাৎ নৈমিত্তিক প্ৰলয়, তোমাক কোৱা হ’ল। এতিয়া প্ৰাকৃত (তত্ত্বগত) প্ৰলয়ৰ পৰম বিৱৰণ শুনা।
Sage Parāśara (addressing Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Types of dissolution (pralaya), moving from naimittika to prākṛta
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: authoritative
Creation Stage: Kalpa
Concept: Dissolution is taught in graded forms, and after naimittika pralaya the text proceeds to the higher, elemental (prākṛta) dissolution.
Vedantic Theme: Maya
Application: Contemplate impermanence at progressively subtler levels to loosen attachment to merely temporal structures.
Vishishtadvaita: Cosmic processes are intelligible and orderly within the Lord’s governance, not random annihilation.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
FAQs
This verse marks the completion of the explanation of naimittika pralaya—an “occasional” dissolution tied to the end of a kalpa—before the text transitions to the deeper, elemental prākṛta dissolution.
He teaches in stages: first concluding the kalpa-ending (naimittika) dissolution, then inviting Maitreya to hear the “param” account—prākṛta pralaya—where the elements and material principles are reabsorbed.
Even when the verse is classificatory, the frame is Vaishnava: dissolutions are intelligible as ordered phases within cosmic governance, ultimately grounded in the Supreme Reality who transcends and oversees creation and reabsorption.