Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationChapter 4: The Four Categories of Universal Annihilation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.4.34

yadaivam etena viveka-hetinā

māyā-mayāhańkaraṇātma-bandhanam

chittvācyutātmānubhavo 'vatiṣṭhate

tam āhur ātyantikam ańga samplavam

SYNONYMS

yadā — when; evamin this way; etena — by this; viveka — of discrimination; hetinā — sword; māyā-maya — illusory; ahańkaraṇa — false ego; ātma — of the soul; bandhanam — the cause of bondage; chittvā — cutting off; acyuta — of the infallible; ātma — Supreme Soul; anubhavaḥ — realization; avatiṣṭhate — develops firmly; tam — that; āhuḥ — they call; ātyantikam — ultimate; ańga — my dear King; samplavam — annihilation.

TRANSLATION

My dear Parīkṣit, when the illusory false ego that binds the soul has been cut off with the sword of discriminating knowledge and one has developed realization of Lord Acyuta, the Supreme Soul, this is called the ātyantika, or ultimate, annihilation of material existence.

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