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Antariksha Instructs
(Power of Maya and worship of the Lord is described)
“He does many acts with the object of reaping the reward by means of the Karma Indriyas (organs of action) which have their roots in the acts of previous lives enjoys the fruits of the several Karmas by experiencing pleasure and pain.
“He gets immersed in the tide of Karma and passes through many bodies or lives in consequence of Karma and undergoes many countless miseries. He is subject to birth and death as long as creation lasts.
“When it is time for the dissolution of the universe, Time which is beginningless and endless withdraws the manifested world of substance and qualities into its cause Maya, or Moola Prakriti, or Avyaktam.
“There will be no rain for a hundred years. The sun with its fierce rays will burn the three worlds. The fire emanating from the mouth of Sankarsana from Patala or the lower region will with the help of the wind, burn everything in all directions.
“Then the clouds will pour down a torrent of rain for over a hundred years, each drop being as big as the trunk of an elephant and the universe will be drowned in water.
“Brahma will merge into the Avyakta Mula Prakriti like the fire when all fuel is consumed.
“Smell which is the property of earth is taken by the air and the earth melts into the water. Liquidity, which is the property of water, is taken away by the air, and water gets absorbed in the fire. Fire is deprived of its colour and it merges into the air. Air is deprived of its property of touch and it merges into the ether. After deprival of its property ether in turn merges in Prakriti. The senses, the mind and intellect with their presiding deities merge into the principle of Ahamkara which in its turn merges in Mahat Tattva.
“This Maya of the Lord is thus the cause of creation, preservation and destruction of the Universe. It consists of three Gunas. I have thus described to you the Maya of the Lord. What more would you like to hear, O king?”
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