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nirodho ’syanu sayanam

atmanah saha saktibhih

muktir hitvanyatha-rupam

svarupena vyavasthitih

SYNONYMS

nirodhah—winding up; asya—of this; anu—after; sayanam—lying down; atmanah—of the Supreme Lord; saha—with; saktibhih—the energies (marginal and external); muktih—liberation; hitva—giving up; anyatha—other; rupam—form; svarupena—with one’s own eternal form; vyavasthitih—staying " ’The living entities and other potencies merge in the Maha-Visnu as the Lord lies down and winds up (destroys) the cosmic manifestation.

Liberation means being situated in one’s eternal original form, which he attains after giving up the changeable gross and subtle bodies.’

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (2.10.6).