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CC Madhya 24.135



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 135

nirodho 'syānuśayanam
ātmanaḥ saha śaktibhiḥ
muktir hitvānyathā-rūpaṁ
svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ


SYNONYMS

nirodhaḥ — winding up; asya — of this; anu — after; śayanam — lying down; ātmanaḥ — of the Supreme Lord; saha — with; śaktibhiḥ — the energies (marginal and external); muktiḥ — liberation; hitvā — giving up; anyathā — other; rūpam — form; svarūpeṇa — with one's own eternal form; vyavasthitiḥ — staying.


TRANSLATION

"'The living entities and other potencies merge into Mahā-Viṣṇu as the Lord lies down and winds up [destroys] the cosmic manifestation. Liberation means being situated in one’s eternal, original form after giving up the changeable gross and subtle bodies.'


PURPORT

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 2.10.6).