Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.3.14
Nirodha· Winding upDissolution Continues Through the Subtle Elements
“Fire, deprived of its form by darkness, dissolves into the element air. When the air loses its quality of touch by the influence of space, the air merges into that space. When space is deprived of its tangible quality by the Supreme Soul in the form of time, space merges into false ego in the mode of ignorance.”
What the purport teaches
- When darkness removes fire’s form, fire dissolves into air.
- When space removes air’s quality of touch, air merges into space.
- The Supreme Soul, acting as time, removes space’s tangible quality. Space then merges into false ego in the mode of ignorance.
Try this today
Trace the sequence “fire → air → space → false ego,” rereading what causes each transition.
Ask yourself
What does the Supreme Soul’s action as time teach me about the dependence of material elements?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.