428 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 11

tamo matram upadaya
pratisamruddha-vikramah
kalenanugatasesa
aste tusnim dinatyaye

tamah—mode of ignorance, or the darkness of night; ma@tram—an in-
significant portion only; updaddya—accepting; pratisamruddha-vikramah
—suspending all power of manifestation; kalena—by means of the
eternal kala; anugata— merged in; aSesah—innumerable living entities; dste—
remains; tiisnim—silent; dina-atyaye—at the end of the day.

TRANSLATION

At the end of the day, under the insignificant portion of the mode of
darkness, the powerful manifestation of the universe merges in the
darkness of night. By the influence of eternal time, the innumerable
living entities remain merged in that dissolution, and everything is silent.

PURPORT

This verse is an explanation of the night of Brahma, which is the effect
of the influence of time in touch with an insignificant portion of the modes
of material nature in darkness. The dissolution of the three worlds is
effected by the incarnation of darkness, Rudra, represented by the fire
of eternal time which blazes over the three worlds. These three worlds are
known as Bhir, Bhuvar and Svar (Svarga, Martya and Patala). The innumer-
able living entities merge into that dissolution, which appears to be the
dropping of the curtain of the scene of the Supreme Lord’s energy, and so
everything becomes silent.

TEXT 29

TTT se WITT
frarnagzarat a

tam evanv apidhiyante
loka bhur-adayas trayah

nisayam anuurttayam
nirmukta-sasi-bhaskaram

tam—that; eva—certainly; anu—after; apidhiyante—are out of sight;
lokah—the planets; bhah-adayah—the three worlds, Bhir, Bhuvar and
