तमोमात्रामुपादाय प्रतिसंरुद्धविक्रम: । कालेनानुगताशेष आस्ते तूष्णीं दिनात्यये ॥ २८ ॥
tamo-matram upadaya pratisamruddha-vikramah kalenanugatasesa aste tusnim dinatyaye
- tamah
- the mode of ignorance, or the darkness of night
- matram
- an insignificant portion only
- upadaya
- accepting
- pratisamruddha-vikramah
- suspending all power of manifestation
- kalena
- by means of the eternal kala
- anugata
- merged in
- asesah
- innumerable living entities
- aste
- remains
- tusnim
- silent
- dina-atyaye
- at the end of the day.
At the end of the day, under the insignificant portion of the mode of darkness, the powerful manifestation of the universe merges in the darkness of night. By the influence of eternal time, the innumerable living entities remain merged in that dissolution, and everything is silent.