अकृतं चाऽनुभूतं च न सत्यं सत्यवत्स्थितम् । महाकल्पे विमुक्तत्वाद् ब्रह्मादीनामसंशयम् ॥ ४२ ॥
akṛtaṁ cā’nubhūtaṁ ca na satyaṁ satyavatsthitam | mahākalpē vimuktatvād brahmādīnāmasaṁśayam || 42 ||
Translation
Not made, not experienced, not real, yet standing as if real; for at the great kalpa Brahmā and the rest are released, without doubt.
Word by word
- akṛtaṁ
- not made
- ca
- and
- anubhūtaṁ
- experienced
- na
- not
- satyaṁ
- real
- satya
- as real
- vat
- as if
- sthitam
- standing
- mahā
- at the great
- kalpē
- kalpa
- vimuktatvād
- (vimuktatvāt) for being released
- brahma
- Brahmā
- ādīnām
- and the rest
- asaṁśayam
- without doubt
Meaning
The commentary asks: then why not say the world arose from the unseen impressions and other materials of beings? The answer: at the end of the great kalpa Brahmā (Hiraṇyagarbha) and the rest are released, of that there is no doubt; so the memory of a former birth in this Brahmā cannot be the cause of the world's arising. The commentary cites the tradition: "together with Brahmā, when the final dissolution comes, they all, their selves fulfilled, enter the supreme state"; and the Brahmasūtra (3.3.32): those with an office remain as long as the office lasts, and then reach release.