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 ||
பிரம்ம நிலையிலே அவர் உலகங்களைப் படைக்கிறார்; ருத்ர நிலையிலே அவற்றைச் சங்கரிக்கிறார்; விஷ்ணு நிலையிலே அவர் உதாசீனனாய் சமநிலையுடன் நிலைத்திருப்பார். இவையே ஸ்வயம்பூவின் மூன்று ஆத்மநிலைகள்.
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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.