Shloka 40
Adhyaya 46 — Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)
तद्वासिनोऽपि तापेन जनलोकं प्रयान्ति वै ।
एकार्णवे च त्रैलोक्ये ब्रह्मा स्वपिति वै निशि ॥
tad-vāsino 'pi tāpena janalokaṃ prayānti vai | ekārṇave ca trailokye brahmā svapiti vai niśi ||
ಅಲ್ಲಿನ ನಿವಾಸಿಗಳೂ ಉಷ್ಣತೆಯಿಂದ ದಹಿಸಿ ಜನಲೋಕಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಮೂರು ಲೋಕಗಳು ಒಂದೇ ಮಹಾಸಮುದ್ರವಾಗಿದಾಗ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನು ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿದ್ರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
FAQs
Safety based on location or attainment is conditional within cyclic time; refuge is ultimately in right knowledge and dharma rather than any perishable realm.
Pratisarga/saṃhāra: concrete description of periodic dissolution and the cosmic ‘night’ of Brahmā.
Brahmā’s ‘sleep’ parallels pralaya as cosmic latency; inwardly, it maps to deep absorption where differentiated experience collapses into undivided potential.