Text 12] Manifestation of Brahma from Garbhodakaéayi Vignu 313
PURPORT i
After the three worlds—the upper, lower and middle planetary systems—
merged into the water of dissolution, the living entities of all the three
worlds remained in their subtle bodies by dint of the energy called kala. In
this dissolution, the gross bodies became unmanifest, but the subtle bodies
existed, just like the water of the material creation. Thus the material
energy was not completely wound up, as is the case in the full dissolution
of the material world.
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catur yuganam ca sahasram apsu
svapan svayodiritaya svasaktya
kalakhyaya ’’sadita-karma-tantro
lokan apitan dadrso svadehe
catuh—four; yugandm—of the millenniums; ca—also; sahasram—one
thousand; apsu—in the water; svapan—dreaming in sleep; svaya—with His
internal potency; udiritaya—for further development; svasaktya—by His
own energy; kdala-akhyaya—by the name kala; dsddita—being so engaged;
karma-tantrah—in the matter of fruitive activities; loan—the total living
entities; apitan—bluish; dadrge—saw it so; svadehe—in His own body.
TRANSLATION
The Lord lay down for four thousand yuga cycles in His internal
potency, and by His external energy He appeared to be sleeping within the
water. When the living entities were coming out for further development
of their fruitive activities, actuated by the energy called kala-sakti, He saw
His transcendental body as bluish.
PURPORT
In the Visnu Purana, kala-sakti is mentioned as avidya. The symptom of
the influence of the kdla-sakti is that one has to work in the material world
for fruitive results. The fruitive workers are described in Bhagavad-gita as
midhas, or foolish, Such foolish living entities are very enthusiastic to
