यथा जलधरा व्योम्नि भवन्ति न भवन्ति च । ब्रह्मणीदं तथा विश्वमवयव्युदयाप्ययात् ॥ २६ ॥
yathā jala-dharā vyomni bhavanti na bhavanti ca brahmaṇīdaṁ tathā viśvam avayavy udayāpyayāt
- yathā
- just as
- jala-dharāḥ
- the clouds
- vyomni
- in the sky
- bhavanti
- are
- na bhavanti
- are not
- ca
- and
- brahmaṇi
- within the Absolute Truth
- idam
- this
- tathā
- similarly
- viśvam
- universe
- avayavi
- having parts
- udaya
- because of generation
- apyayāt
- and dissolution
Just as clouds in the sky come into being and are then dispersed by the amalgamation and dissolution of their constituent elements, this material universe is created and destroyed within the Absolute Truth by the amalgamation and dissolution of its elemental, constituent parts.