Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.7.17
Nirodha· Winding upDissolution Acts Through the Lord’s Potency
“There are four types of cosmic annihilation — occasional, elemental, continuous and ultimate — all of which are effected by the inherent potency of the Supreme Lord. Learned scholars have designated this topic dissolution.”
What the purport teaches
- Cosmic annihilation has four types: occasional, elemental, continuous and ultimate.
- All four are effected by the inherent potency of the Supreme Lord.
- Learned scholars designate this topic as dissolution.
Try this today
Read the four types aloud, then recall that each is effected by the Supreme Lord’s potency.
Ask yourself
How does this verse place cosmic dissolution under the Supreme Lord’s potency?
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.