SB 12.4.26

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 4: The Four Categories of Universal Annihilation

SB 12.4.25

SB 12.4.27

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 26

yathā jala-dharā vyomni
bhavanti na bhavanti ca
brahmaṇīdaṁ tathā viśvam
avayavy udayāpyayāt

SYNONYMS

yathā—just as; jala-dharāḥ—the clouds; vyomni—in the sky; bhavanti—are; na bhavanti—are not; ca—and; brahmaṇi—within the Absolute Truth; idam—this; tathā—similarly; viśvam—universe; avayavi—having parts; udaya—because of generation; apyayāt—and dissolution.

TRANSLATION

Just as clouds in the sky come into being and are then dispersed by the amalgamation and dissolution of their constituent elements, this material universe is created and destroyed within the Absolute Truth by the amalgamation and dissolution of its elemental, constituent parts.