etat kecid avidvÄá¹so
mÄyÄ-saá¹sá¹›tir Ätmanaḥ
anÄdy-Ävartitaá¹ ná¹á¹‡Äá¹
kÄdÄcitkaá¹ pracaká¹£ate
etat - this; kecit - some persons; avidvÄá¹saḥ - who are not learned; mÄyÄ-saá¹sá¹›tiḥ - the illusory creation; Ätmanaḥ - of the Supreme Soul; anÄdi - from time immemorial; Ävartitam - repeating; ná¹á¹‡Äm - of conditioned living beings; kÄdÄcitkam - unprecedented; pracaká¹£ate - they say.
Although this event was unique and unprecedented, some unintelligent persons compare it to the cycle of illusory material existence the Supreme Lord has created for the conditioned souls — an endless cycle that has been continuing since time immemorial.
MÄrkaṇá¸eya’s being drawn into the Lord’s body by His inhalation and expelled again by His exhalation should not be considered a symbolic description of the perennial cycles of material creation and annihilation. This portion of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam describes a real, historical event experienced by a great devotee of the Lord, and those trying to relegate this story to mere symbolic allegory are here declared to be unintelligent fools.
