Narayaneeyam Dashaka -5 THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE --(The Concept of the "VIRATA PURUSHA")
Dasakam: 05 -- Shlokam: 01
व्यक्ताव्यक्तमिदं न किञ्चिदभवत्प्राक्प्राकृतप्रक्षये
मायायाम् गुणसाम्यरुद्धविकृतौ त्वय्यागतायां लयम् ।
नो मृत्युश्च तदाऽमृतं च समभून्नाह्नो न रात्रे: स्थिति-
स्तत्रैकस्त्वमशिष्यथा: किल परानन्दप्रकाशात्मना ॥१॥
vyaktaavyaktamidaM na ki~nchidabhavatpraakpraakR^itaprakshaye
maayaayaam guNasaamyaruddhavikR^itau tvayyaagataayaaM layam |
nO mR^ityushcha tadaa(a)mR^itaM cha samabhuunnaahnO na raatreH sthitistatraikastvamashiShyathaaH
kila paraanandaprakaashaatmanaa ||1
maayaayaam guNasaamyaruddhavikR^itau tvayyaagataayaaM layam |
nO mR^ityushcha tadaa(a)mR^itaM cha samabhuunnaahnO na raatreH sthitistatraikastvamashiShyathaaH
kila paraanandaprakaashaatmanaa ||1
Oh Guruvayoorappa! During the Prakrita Pralaya, this universe made up of the gross and the subtle did not exist.The creative power 'Maya' was lying latent in ThySupreme Consciousness - i.e. Lord Vishnu.