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एतदावृत्त्य चान्योन्यमष्टौ प्रकृतयः स्थिताः ॥ सृष्टिपालनविध्वंसकर्मकर्त्र्यो द्विजोत्तमाः ॥ ३६ ॥
O excellent brahmins, eight Prakṛtis, the causes of creation, sustenance and destruction are stationed covering each of these.
english translation
एवं परस्परोत्पन्ना धारयंति परस्परम् ॥ आधाराधेयभावेन विकारास्तु विकारिषु ॥ ३७ ॥
Thus born of one another, the effects and their causes sustain one another supporting and being supported.
english translation
कूर्मोंगानि यथा पूर्वं प्रसार्य विनियच्छति ॥ विकारांश्च तथा ऽव्यक्तं सृष्ट्वा भूयो नियच्छति ॥ ३८ ॥
Just as the tortoise spreads its limbs first and then withdraws them, so the Avyakta creates the beings and then withdraws them.
english translation
अव्यक्तप्रभवं सर्वमानुलोम्येन जायते ॥ प्राप्ते प्रलयकाले तु प्रतिलोम्येनुलीयते ॥ ३९ ॥
Everything originating from Avyakta is born in this order. When the time of dissolution arrives it gets dissolved in the reverse order.
english translation
गुणाः कालवशादेव भवंति विषमाः समाः ॥ गुणसाम्ये लयो ज्ञेयो वैषम्ये सृष्टिरुच्यते ॥ ४० ॥
The Guṇas become equal and unequal due to Kāla. Dissolution takes place when there is equilibrium of the Guṇas. When this is upset, creation takes place.
english translation