Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.3.25
Nirodha· Winding upThe Lord Remains When Everything Dissolves
“After millions of years, at the time of cosmic annihilation, when everything, manifested and unmanifested, is annihilated by the force of time, the five gross elements enter into the subtle conception, and the manifested categories enter into the unmanifested substance. At that time, You alone remain, and You are known as Ananta Śeṣa-nāga.”
What the purport teaches
- At cosmic annihilation, the gross elements enter into subtler states, and the entire cosmic manifestation enters into the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s spiritual energy. He alone remains as the origin of everything.
- After the whole cosmic manifestation is annihilated, the Lord remains with His transcendental name, form, qualities and paraphernalia. He is known as Śeṣa-nāga, Ādi-puruṣa and by many other names.
- The whole cosmic manifestation is under the influence of time, and everything acts under the Lord’s direction. Devakī offers obeisances to Him as the original director and reservoir of all energies.
Try this today
Offer respectful obeisances to the Lord, remembering that His transcendental name, form and qualities remain beyond cosmic annihilation.
Ask yourself
How does remembering the Lord’s enduring existence affect what I give importance to today?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.