TEXT 11
so ntah sarire rpita-bhuta-suksmah
kalatmikam saktim udirayanah
uvasa tasmin salile pade sve
yathanalo daruni ruddha-viryah
SYNONYMS
sahthe Supreme Lord; antahwithin; sarirein the transcendental body; arpitakept; bhutamaterial elements; suksmahsubtle; kala-atmikamthe form of time; saktimenergy; udirayanahinvigorating; uvasaresided; tasmintherein; salilein the water; padein the place; sveHis own; yathaas much as; analahfire; daruniin the fuel wood; ruddha-viryahsubmerged strength.
TRANSLATION
Just like the strength of fire within fuel wood, the Lord remained within the water of dissolution, submerging all the living entities in their subtle bodies. He lay in the self-invigorated energy called kala.
PURPORT
After the three worldsthe upper, lower and middle planetary systemsmerged into the water of dissolution, the living entities of all the three worlds remained in their subtle bodies by dint of the energy called kala. In this dissolution, the gross bodies became unmanifest, but the subtle bodies existed, just like the water of the material creation. Thus the material energy was not completely wound up, as is the case in the full dissolution of the material world.

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