Shloka 27
नैमित्तिक-प्राकृत-प्रलयवर्णनम्
Periodic and Elemental Dissolution; Reabsorption into Paramātman
ततः शब्दगुणं तस्य भूतादिर् ग्रसते पुनः भूतेन्द्रियेषु युगपद् भूतादौ संस्थितेषु वै अभिमानात्मको ह्य् एष भूतादिस् तामसः स्मृतः
tataḥ śabdaguṇaṃ tasya bhūtādir grasate punaḥ bhūtendriyeṣu yugapad bhūtādau saṃsthiteṣu vai abhimānātmako hy eṣa bhūtādis tāmasaḥ smṛtaḥ
Sau đó, nguyên lý gọi là Bhūtādi lại hấp thụ (yếu tố vi tế ấy) cùng với phẩm tính riêng của nó là âm thanh. Khi các đại và các căn đồng thời quy về Bhūtādi, Bhūtādi—mang bản tính abhimāna (chấp ngã)—được ghi nhớ là tāmasa, phát sinh từ tamas.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How subtle elements and their qualities dissolve back into their causes (bhūtādi/ahaṅkāra)
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: analytical
Creation Stage: Primary
Cosmic Hierarchy: Brahmanda (universe)
Concept: In dissolution, elements and senses resolve into bhūtādi (tāmasa ahaṅkāra), whose nature is abhimāna—appropriating experience as ‘I’ and ‘mine’.
Vedantic Theme: Atman
Application: Observe abhimāna in daily life and practice dis-identification (viveka) to loosen the ego’s claim over senses and objects.
Vishishtadvaita: Ahaṅkāra is a dependent principle within the Lord’s ordered prakṛti; liberation involves right relation to the self as His mode (śeṣa) rather than egoic ownership.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
Bhūtādi is the tamasic principle associated with egoic appropriation (abhimāna) that functions as the causal basis into which the elements and senses are reabsorbed during dissolution.
He describes a reabsorption sequence where the element along with its defining quality (here, sound) is ‘swallowed’ back, and the senses and elements together resolve into Bhūtādi as part of pratisarga.
Even while detailing tattva mechanics, the Purana frames cosmology as operating under the supreme ordering reality of Vishnu—creation and reabsorption occur within His overarching sovereignty.