धातूपप्लव आसन्ने व्यक्तं द्रव्यगुणात्मकम् । अनादिनिधन: कालो ह्यव्यक्तायापकर्षति ॥ ८ ॥
dhātūpaplava āsanne vyaktaṁ dravya-guṇātmakam anādi-nidhanaḥ kālo hy avyaktāyāpakarṣati
- dhātu
- of the material elements
- upaplave
- the dissolution
- āsanne
- when it has become imminent
- vyaktam
- the manifest cosmos
- dravya
- gross objects
- guṇa
- and the subtle modes
- ātmakam
- consisting of
- anādi
- without beginning
- nidhanaḥ
- or end
- kālaḥ
- time
- hi
- indeed
- avyaktāya
- into the unmanifest
- apakarṣati
- draws
When the annihilation of the material elements is imminent, the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His form of eternal time withdraws the manifest cosmos, consisting of gross and subtle features, and the entire universe vanishes into nonmanifestation.