ततो विराजमुत्सृज्य वैराज: पुरुषो नृप । अव्यक्तं विशते सूक्ष्मं निरिन्धन इवानल: ॥ १२ ॥
tato virājam utsṛjya vairājaḥ puruṣo nṛpa avyaktaṁ viśate sūkṣmaṁ nirindhana ivānalaḥ
- tataḥ
- then
- virājam
- the universe
- utsṛjya
- giving up (as his body)
- vairājaḥ puruṣaḥ
- the personality of the universal form (Hiraṇyagarbha Brahmā)
- nṛpa
- O King Nimi
- avyaktam
- unmanifest nature (the pradhāna)
- viśate
- he enters
- sūkṣmam
- subtle
- nirindhanaḥ
- devoid of fuel
- iva
- like
- analaḥ
- a fire
Then Vairāja Brahmā, the soul of the universal form, gives up his universal body, O King, and enters into the subtle unmanifest nature, like a fire that has run out of fuel.