ŚB 12.4.22
Devanagari
लय: प्राकृतिको ह्येष पुरुषाव्यक्तयोर्यदा ।
शक्तय: सम्प्रलीयन्ते विवशा: कालविद्रुता: ॥ २२ ॥
शक्तय: सम्प्रलीयन्ते विवशा: कालविद्रुता: ॥ २२ ॥
Verse text
layaḥ prākṛtiko hy eṣa
puruṣāvyaktayor yadā
śaktayaḥ sampralīyante
vivaśāḥ kāla-vidrutāḥ
puruṣāvyaktayor yadā
śaktayaḥ sampralīyante
vivaśāḥ kāla-vidrutāḥ
Synonyms
layaḥ — the annihilation; prākṛtikaḥ — of the material elements; hi — indeed; eṣaḥ — this; puruṣa — of the Supreme Lord; avyaktayoḥ — and of His material nature in its unmanifest form; yadā — when; śaktayaḥ — the energies; sampralīyante — merge totally; vivaśāḥ — helpless; kāla — by time; vidrutāḥ — disarrayed.
Translation
This is the annihilation called prākṛtika, during which the energies belonging to the Supreme Person and His unmanifest material nature, disassembled by the force of time, are deprived of their potencies and merge together totally.