Shloka 12
Adhyaya 46 — Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)
स एव क्षोभकः पूर्वं स क्षोभ्यः प्रकृतेः पतिः ।
स सङ्कोचविकाशाभ्यां प्रधानत्वेऽपि च स्थितः ॥
sa eva kṣobhakaḥ pūrvaṃ sa kṣobhyaḥ prakṛteḥ patiḥ | sa saṅkocavikāśābhyāṃ pradhānatve 'pi ca sthitaḥ ||
وہی اکیلا اوّل محرّک ہے اور وہی محرَّک ہونے والا بھی—پرکرتی کا مالک۔ پرادھان (ابتدائی فطرت) کی صورت میں قائم رہ کر بھی وہ انقباض و انبساط میں ہمیشہ برقرار رہتا ہے۔
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FAQs
The verse asserts a non-dual style of causality: the supreme principle is described as both the mover and the moved, indicating that cosmic change occurs without positing an independent second reality. Ethically, it grounds reverence in the single source behind all transformations.
Primarily Sarga (cosmogony): it explains the stirring of Pradhāna/Prakṛti that precedes manifest creation, and hints at Pratisarga via contraction/expansion cycles.
“Contraction and expansion” can be read as the pulse of manifestation (saṃkoca) and emanation (vikāśa), mapping macrocosmic cycles onto subtle yogic experience where consciousness appears to withdraw and project worlds.