Shloka 4
Adhyaya 46 — Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)
स्वात्मन्यवस्थितेव्यक्ते विकारे प्रतिसंहृते ।
प्रकृतिः पुरुषश्चैव साधर्म्येणावतिṣ्ठतः ॥
svātmany avasthite 'vyakte vikāre pratisaṃhṛte |
prakṛtiḥ puruṣaś caiva sādharmyeṇāvatiṣṭhataḥ ||
Khi cái vô hiển (avyakta) an trú trong tự tánh của nó và mọi biến hóa đã được thu hồi, thì Prakṛti và Puruṣa vẫn đứng vững trong một sự đồng nhất nào đó—trạng thái quân bình, chưa phân biệt.
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FAQs
The verse teaches that change belongs to vikāra (modification), not to the deepest principles. This supports discernment (viveka): do not mistake transient modifications for ultimate reality.
Still within Sarga/Pratisarga framework: it describes the ‘between’ condition of Pralaya, clarifying what persists as causal principles when manifest creation is absent.
‘Sādharmya’ can be read as the appearance of non-duality at the threshold where distinctions are not functioning—an ontological quietude analogous to samādhi where vṛttis subside.