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 ||
この宇宙は—来たるものと過ぎ去ったものをも含め—ライヤ(溶解)へと向かう。直後にマーヤーは、その本性が統御と抑制である力を生み出し、創造の秩序を定める。
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
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.