TEXT 20

yojayitva tu tany eva
pravivesa svayam guham
guham praviste tasmims tu
jivatma pratibudhyate

WORD FOR WORD

yojayitva--after conglomerating; tu--then; tani--them; eva-- certainly; pravivesa--He entered; svayam--Himself; guham--the hidden cavity; guham--the hidden cavity; praviste--after He entered; tasmin--within that; tu--then; jiva-atma--the jivas; pratibudhyate--were awakened.

TRANSLATION

By conglomerating all those separate entities He manifested the innumerable mundane universes and Himself entered into the inmost recess of every extended conglomerate [virad-vigraha]. At that time those jiivas who had lain dormant during the cataclysm were awakened.

PURPORT

The word guha (hidden cavity) bears various interpretations in the sastras. In some portions the nonmanifestive pastimes of the Lord is called guha and elsewhere the resting place of the indwelling spirit of all individual souls, is named guha. In many places the inmost recesses of the heart of each individual is termed guha. The main point is that the place which is hidden from the view of men in general, is designated guha. Those jivas that were merged in Hari at the end of the life of Brahma in the great cataclysm during the preceding great age of the universe, reappeared in this world in accordance with their former fruitive desires.