Text 25] The Birth of Lord Krsna 237
vyakte ’vyaktam kdla-vegena yate
bhavan ekah Sisyate ’Sesa-samjnah

naste —after the annihilation; loke—of the cosmic manifestation; dvi-
parardha-avaséne—after millions and millions of years (the life of
Brahma); mahd-bhitesu—when the five primary elements (earth,
water, fire, air and ether); ddi-bhitam gatesu—enter within the subtle
elements of sense perception; vyakte—when everything manifested;
avyaktam—into the unmanifested; kdla-vegena—by the force of time;
yate—enters; bhavan—Your Lordship; ekah—only one; Sisyate—
remains; asesa-sarnjnah—the same one with different names.

TRANSLATION

After millions of years, at the time of cosmic annihilation, when
everything, manifested and unmanifested, is annihilated by the
force of time, the five gross elements enter into the subtle concep-
tion, and the manifested categories enter into the unmanifested
substance. At that time, You alone remain, and You are known as
Ananta Sega-naga.

PURPORT

At the time of annihilation, the five gross elements—earth, water,
fire, air and ether—enter into the mind, intelligence and false ego
(ahankara), and the entire cosmic manifestation enters into the spiritual
energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who alone remains as the
origin of everything. The Lord is therefore known as Sesa-naga, as Adi-
purusa and by many other names.

Devaki therefore prayed, “After many millions of years, when Lord
Brahma comes to the end of his life, the annihilation of the cosmic
manifestation takes place. At that time the five elements—namely earth,
water, fire, air and ether—enter into the mahat-tattva. The mahat-tattva
again enters, by the force of time, into the nonmanifested total material
energy; the total material energy enters into the energetic pradhdna, and
the pradhana enters into You. Therefore after the annihilation of the
whole cosmic manifestation, You alone remain with Your transcendental
name, form, quality and paraphernalia.
