Shloka 86
अर्जुनस्य अन्त्येष्टि, द्वारकाप्लावनम्, कलिप्रवेशः, कालोपदेशः
भवतां चोपसंहारम् आसन्नं तेन कुर्वता बलं तेजस् तथा वीर्यं माहात्म्यं चोपसंहृतम्
bhavatāṃ copasaṃhāram āsannaṃ tena kurvatā balaṃ tejas tathā vīryaṃ māhātmyaṃ copasaṃhṛtam
As the time of your withdrawal drew near, he who brought it about gathered back into himself all strength, all splendor, all valor, and all majesty.
Sage Parāśara (in discourse to Maitreya)
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: As his earthly līlā neared completion, he reabsorbed the manifest powers that sustained his world-ordering presence and prepared for his withdrawal from mortal sight.
Leela: Loka-rakshana
Dharma Restored: Maintenance of cosmic order through the Lord’s sovereign control of śakti (strength, tejas, vīrya, māhātmya).
Concept: All excellences and powers belong ultimately to the Lord and can be withdrawn when his manifest play concludes.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Hold abilities and status lightly, cultivating humility and reliance on the Divine rather than on personal power.
Vishishtadvaita: The Lord remains the inner sovereign who can manifest and retract śaktis while still sustaining the world as its controller.
Vishnu Form: Krishna
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
This verse frames pralaya as a deliberate reabsorption: all manifested powers—strength, splendor, valor, and majesty—are gathered back by the Supreme into their source.
Parāśara describes dissolution as an active process carried out by the divine agent, who withdraws the universe’s operative energies back into himself as the end approaches.
Vishnu is presented as the Supreme Reality and sovereign controller: not only sustaining the cosmos, but also reclaiming all powers into himself at pralaya, affirming his ultimacy in Vaishnava thought.