| 18. From the
Unmanifested all the manifestations proceed at the coming on of day ; at
the coming on of night they dissolve there only, in what is called the Unmanifested.The
Unmanifested (Avyakta) is the sleeping condition of the Prajapati who is
asleep. Out of That, all manifestations (vyaktis), all creatures unmoving
and moving {sthavara and jangama), are manifested at the coming on of day,
i.e when Brahma awakes. So, at the coming on of night, i.e when Brahma goes
to sleep, all the manifestations dissolve there only, in what is called
Avyakta, the one already spoken of.With a view to avoid the fallacious implication
that a man reaps the fruits of what he has not done, or that he does not
reap the fruits of what he has done, with a view to show that the teaching
of the scripture concerning bondage (bandha) and liberation (moksha has
a purpose to serve, and with a view further to teach detachment from samsara
by showing that, as the effect of karma caused by avidya (nescience) and
other sources of evil, all creatures involuntarily come into being again
and again and dissolve, the Lord says: |
