nirodho 'syÄnuÅ›ayanam
Ätmanaḥ saha Å›aktibhiḥ
muktir hitvÄnyathÄ-rÅ«paá¹
svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ

 nirodhaḥ - winding up; asya - of this; anu - after; Å›ayanam - lying down; Ätmanaḥ - of the Supreme Lord; saha - with; Å›aktibhiḥ - the energies (marginal and external); muktiḥ - liberation; hitvÄ - giving up; anyathÄ - other; rÅ«pam - form; svarÅ«peṇa - with one's own eternal form; vyavasthitiḥ - staying.


Text

“ ‘The living entities and other potencies merge into MahÄ-Viṣṇu as the Lord lies down and winds up [destroys] the cosmic manifestation. Liberation means being situated in one’s eternal, original form after giving up the changeable gross and subtle bodies.’

Purport

This is a quotation from ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (2.10.6).