Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 47
Sanatkumāra’s Bhāgavata Tantra: Tattvas, Māyā-Bonds, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Dīkṣā
भावि भूतं मवञ्चेदं जगत्कलयते लयम् । सूते ह्यनंतरं माया शक्तिं नियमनात्मिकाम् ॥ ४७ ॥
bhāvi bhūtaṃ mavañcedaṃ jagatkalayate layam | sūte hyanaṃtaraṃ māyā śaktiṃ niyamanātmikām || 47 ||
Cet univers—avec ce qui doit advenir et ce qui a déjà été—s’avance vers le laya, la dissolution. Aussitôt après, Māyā fait naître sa puissance, dont la nature est de régler et de contenir, mettant l’ordre dans la création.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It frames cosmic change as lawful and cyclical: even dissolution is followed by an ordered re-manifestation through Māyā’s regulating power, pointing the seeker toward understanding the governed nature of saṃsāra and the possibility of liberation beyond it.
By highlighting Māyā as the power that regulates worldly experience, it implies that devotion to the transcendent Lord (beyond Māyā) is the means to cross the regulated realm of birth, change, and dissolution.
The key idea is kalana/niyama—“measuring, ordering, regulation,” a technical lens useful for Vedanga-style thinking (systematizing cycles, rules, and structured processes), even when applied to cosmology rather than a specific ritual rule.