Shloka 17
Adhyaya 46 — Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)
ब्रह्मत्वे सृजते लोकान् रुद्रत्वे संहरत्यपि ।
विष्णुत्वे चाप्युदासीनस्तिस्त्रोऽवस्थाः स्वयम्भुवः ॥
brahmatve sṛjate lokān rudratve saṃharaty api | viṣṇutve cāpy udāsīnas tistro 'vasthāḥ svayambhuvaḥ ||
ब्रह्मभावे स जगत्सृजति; रुद्रभावे तदेव संहरति; विष्णुभावे च स उदासीनः समः स्थितः। एताः स्वयम्भुवः आत्मनः त्रयः अवस्थाः।
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FAQs
The preserver aspect is characterized by steadiness and impartiality (udāsīnatā), implying that true protection is grounded in balance rather than passion or aversion.
It compactly maps Sarga (creation), and Pratisarga/Pralaya (dissolution), with Sthiti (maintenance) framed as the stable middle function.
The three ‘states’ can be internalized as phases of experience: arising, subsiding, and the witnessing equilibrium that holds continuity.