Vachanamrut Essence

Gadhadā I-12

1. By understanding the nature of Purush, Prakruti, kāl; the 24 elements (including mahattattva, etc.), one is released from the bondage of one’s inherent avidyā [māyā, ignorance].
2. Four types of dissolution [pralays]:

1. Nitya-pralay: The day-to-day death of the bodies of all living beings.
2. Nimitta-pralay: Destruction of the lower 10 realms of one brahmānd.
3. Prākrut-pralay: Destruction of Virāt Pusush in the form of a brahmānd.
4. Ātyantik-pralay: Absorption of the countless brahmānds, which evolved from Prakruti, in the light of Brahma.

3. By knowing the process of the creation, sustenance and dissolution of the various realms:

1. One develops vairāgya towards the world.
2. One develops bhakti towards God.
3. One attains the abode of God.

4. The abode of God is without a beginning and without an end [sanātan]; divine, infinite and indivisible; characterised by eternal existence, consciousness and bliss.