Shloka 52
Naimittika-pralaya and the Theology of Kāla: Seven Suns, Saṃvartaka Fire, Flood, and Varāha Kalpa
सो ऽहं सत्त्वं समास्थाय मायी मायामयीं स्वयम् / एकार्णवे जगत्यस्मिन् योगनिद्रां व्रजामि तु
so 'haṃ sattvaṃ samāsthāya māyī māyāmayīṃ svayam / ekārṇave jagatyasmin yoganidrāṃ vrajāmi tu
เรา—ตั้งอยู่ในคุณสตตวะ—เป็นผู้ครอบครองมายาและเป็นมายาเอง เมื่อจักรวาลนี้กลายเป็นมหาสมุทรเดียวในคราวล่มสลาย เราเข้าสู่โยคนิทรา
Lord Kurma (Vishnu as Ishvara, teaching in the Ishvara Gita)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It portrays the Supreme as sovereign over Māyā—able to assume sattva for cosmic governance—yet also as the very ground in which Māyā appears, entering yogic repose at dissolution without losing lordship.
The verse highlights yoganidrā as īśvara’s contemplative withdrawal—an archetype for deep meditative absorption (laya/samādhi-like stillness) where the mind rests in sattva and the cosmos resolves into undifferentiated waters.
By presenting the Lord as Īśvara beyond sectarian limits—master of Māyā and source of yogic dissolution—it aligns with the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis where the supreme function (creation-preservation-dissolution) is one, though named variously as Shiva or Vishnu.