अयं तु ब्रह्मण: कल्प: सविकल्प उदाहृत: । विधि: साधारणो यत्र सर्गा: प्राकृतवैकृता: ॥ ४६ ॥
ayam tu brahmanah kalpah savikalpa udahrtah vidhih sadharano yatra sargah prakrta-vaikrtah
- ayam
- this process of creation and annihilation
- tu
- but
- brahmanah
- of Brahma
- kalpah
- his one day
- sa-vikalpah
- along with the duration of the universes
- udahrtah
- exemplified
- vidhih
- regulative principles
- sadharanah
- in summary
- yatra
- wherein
- sargah
- creation
- prakrta
- in the matter of material nature
- vaikrtah
- disbursement.
This process of creation and annihilation described in summary herein is the regulative principle during the duration of Brahma’s one day. It is also the regulative principle in the creation of mahat, in which the material nature is dispersed.