Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.8.11
Nirodha· Winding upLiving Entities Remain During Dissolution
“Just like the strength of fire within fuel wood, the Lord remained within the water of dissolution, submerging all the living entities in their subtle bodies. He lay in the self-invigorated energy called kāla.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord remained within the water of dissolution, like the strength of fire within fuel wood.
- When the three planetary systems merged into the water, the living entities remained in their subtle bodies through the energy called kāla.
- Their gross bodies became unmanifest, but their subtle bodies remained. Material energy was therefore not completely wound up, as it is in full dissolution.
Try this today
Write one sentence explaining what remains when the gross bodies become unmanifest.
Ask yourself
How does this description help me distinguish becoming unmanifest from ceasing to exist?
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.