tāvat tri-bhuvanaṁ sadyaḥ
tāvat tri-bhuvanaṁ sadyaḥ
kalpāntaidhita-sindhavaḥ
plāvayanty utkaṭāṭopa-
caṇḍa-vāteritormayaḥ
The oceans, swelling with water at the end of Brahmā’s day, violently disturbed with waves blown by strong winds, immediately cover the three worlds (including Svarga).
Immediately, quickly, the three worlds are burned up. The burning continues for a hundred years. The oceans are greatly disturbed and have waves blown about by strong winds.
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antaḥ sa tasmin salila
āste ’nantāsano hariḥ
yoga-nidrā-nimīlākṣaḥ
stūyamāno janālayaiḥ
The Lord, lying on Ananta, remains in that water with his eyes closed by his śakti called yoga, while being praised by the sages inhabiting Janaloka.
The Lord has many expansions of his cit-śakti starting with Vimalā. The fifth śakti is called Yogā.[246] She takes the form of Nidrā or sleep. The Lord’s eyes are closed by his śakti Yogā in the form of Nidrā. Janālayaiḥ means the sages of Janaloka.
|| 3.11.33 ||
evaṁ-vidhair aho-rātraiḥ
kāla-gatyopalakṣitaiḥ
apakṣitam ivāsyāpi
paramāyur vayaḥ-śatam
By such days and nights characterized by movement of time, even the maximum life of Brahmā consisting of a hundred years comes to an end
The life of even Brahmā (asya) decays (apakṣitam).
yasmād bibhemy aham api dviparārdha-dhiṣṇyam
adhyāsitaḥ sakala-loka-namaskṛtaṁ yat
tepe tapo bahu-savo ’varurutsamānas
tasmai namo bhagavate ’dhimakhāya tubhyam
I feared time, even though I am situated on Brahma-loka, which is offered respects by all planets and, desiring to bring time under control, I performed many sacrifices. Now, in pure bhakti, I offer my respects to the Supreme Lord, controller of sacrifices. SB 3.9.18
Even Brahmā, fearing time, giving up enjoyment of material objects, worships the Lord constantly. Humans of short life intensely enjoy material objects and do not worship the Lord. They must make efforts in bhakti and detachment. For that reason, it is necessary to describe the nature of time.
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