Shloka 17
Naimittika-pralaya and the Theology of Kāla: Seven Suns, Saṃvartaka Fire, Flood, and Varāha Kalpa
व्याप्नुवन्तश्च ते विप्रास्तूर्ध्वं चाधश्च रश्मिभिः / दीप्यन्ते भास्कराः सप्त युगान्ताग्निप्रतापिनः
vyāpnuvantaśca te viprāstūrdhvaṃ cādhaśca raśmibhiḥ / dīpyante bhāskarāḥ sapta yugāntāgnipratāpinaḥ
હે વિપ્રો, તે સાત ભાસ્કરો પોતાની કિરણોથી ઉપર અને નીચે સર્વત્ર વ્યાપી ગયા; અને યુગાંત અગ્નિ જેવી દાહક પ્રતિભાથી પ્રદીપ્ત થયા।
Sūta (narrator) describing the teaching/tradition to the assembled sages
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
By portraying all worlds as pervaded and consumed at yugānta, the verse implies that created forms are impermanent under kāla; the enduring reality is the transcendent Self/Iśvara beyond the dissolving cosmos.
No technique is prescribed directly, but the contemplation of pralaya functions as vairāgya (dispassion): a yogic reflection that loosens attachment to transient phenomena and supports inward turning toward Iśvara/Ātman.
The imagery of cosmic dissolution aligns with Purāṇic non-sectarian theology where pralaya operates under the one supreme Lord—named Śiva or Viṣṇu in different frames—indicating functional unity in governance of kāla and creation.