एष नैमित्तिक: प्रोक्त: प्रलयो यत्र विश्वसृक् । शेतेऽनन्तासनो विश्वमात्मसात्कृत्य चात्मभू: ॥ ४ ॥
eṣa naimittikaḥ proktaḥ pralayo yatra viśva-sṛk śete ’nantāsano viśvam ātmasāt-kṛtya cātma-bhūḥ
- eṣaḥ
- this
- naimittikaḥ
- occasional
- proktaḥ
- is said
- pralayaḥ
- annihilation
- yatra
- in which
- viśva-sṛk
- the creator of the universe, the Supreme Lord, Nārāyaṇa
- śete
- lies down
- ananta-āsanaḥ
- upon the snake-bed of Ananta Śeṣa
- viśvam
- the universe
- ātma-sāt-kṛtya
- absorbing within Himself
- ca
- also
- ātma-bhūḥ
- Lord Brahmā
This is called the naimittika, or occasional, annihilation, during which the original creator, Lord Nārāyaṇa, lies down upon the bed of Ananta Śeṣa and absorbs the entire universe within Himself while Lord Brahmā sleeps.