Shloka 3
Adhyaya 46 — Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
यदा तु प्रकृतौ याति लयं विश्वमिदं जगत् ।
तदोच्यते प्राकृतोऽयं विद्वद्भिः प्रतिसञ्चरः ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
yadā tu prakṛtau yāti layaṃ viśvam idaṃ jagat |
tad ocyate prākṛto 'yaṃ vidvadbhiḥ pratisañcaraḥ ||
Mārkaṇḍeya berkata: Apabila seluruh alam semesta ini larut ke dalam Prakṛti, orang berilmu menamakan kembalinya (penarikan) itu sebagai peleraian ‘prākṛta’ (kebendaan).
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FAQs
Dissolution is described not as annihilation but as re-absorption into the causal ground (Prakṛti). Ethically, it relativizes worldly permanence and supports vairāgya (dispassion) without denying cosmic order.
This is Pratisarga-oriented classification language: it names the kind of Pralaya that precedes renewed manifestation, thus mapping the cyclic rhythm of emanation and retraction.
‘Pratisañcara’ suggests a yogic metaphor: just as the mind retracts into its source in deep absorption, the cosmos retracts into Prakṛti, indicating a macrocosm–microcosm parallel.