तन्महाप्रलये प्राप्ते रुद्रादिपरिणामिनि । भवत्यसददृश्यात्म क्वाऽपि याति विनश्यति ॥ ४६ ॥
tanmahāpralayē prāptē rudrādipariṇāmini | bhavatyasadadṛśyātma kvā’pi yāti vinaśyati || 46 ||
- Another reading: भवत्यसद्दृश्यात्म (bhavatyasaddṛśyātma) for भवत्यसददृश्यात्म
Translation
that, when the great dissolution comes, in which Rudra and the rest are changed, becomes unreal, of invisible nature; it goes somewhere, it perishes.
Word by word
- tan
- (tat) that
- mahā
- great
- pralayē
- the dissolution
- prāptē
- when comes
- rudra
- Rudra
- ādi
- and the rest
- pariṇāmini
- in which are changed
- bhavati
- becomes
- asad
- (asat) unreal
- adṛśya
- invisible
- ātma
- of nature
- kva
- somewhere
- api
- indeed
- yāti
- it goes
- vinaśyati
- it perishes
Meaning
At the great dissolution (mahāpralaya) even the gods who rule the cosmic cycle, Rudra and the others, are dissolved: the commentary says, the dissolution that makes even Rudra and the rest disappear. Then the whole world becomes unreal and unseen and goes, no one knows where. "It goes somewhere" is deliberate vagueness: there is nowhere for it to go.