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SB 11.24.22-27
anne praliyate martyam
annam dhanasu liyate
dhana bhumau praliyante
bhumir gandhe praliyate
apsu praliyate gandha
apas ca sva-gune rase
liyate jyotisi raso
jyoti rupe praliyate
rupam vayau sa ca sparse
liyate so ’pi cambare
ambaram sabda-tan-matra
indriyani sva-yonisu
yonir vaikarike saumya
liyate manasisvare
sabdo bhutadim apyeti
bhutadir mahati prabhuh
sa liyate mahan svesu
gunesu guna-vattamah
te ’vyakte sampraliyante
tat kale liyate ’vyaye
kalo maya-maye jive
jiva atmani mayy aje
atma kevala atma-stho
vikalpapaya-laksanah
Translation:
At the time of annihilation, the mortal body of the living being becomes merged into food. Food merges into the grains, and the grains merge back into the earth. The earth merges into its subtle sensation, fragrance. Fragrance merges into water, and water further merges into its own quality, taste. That taste merges into fire, which merges into form. Form merges into touch, and touch merges into ether. Ether finally merges into the sensation of sound. The senses all merge into their own origins, the presiding demigods, and they, O gentle Uddhava, merge into the controlling mind, which itself merges into false ego in the mode of goodness. Sound becomes one with false ego in the mode of ignorance, and all-powerful false ego, the first of all the physical elements, merges into the total nature. The total material nature, the primary repository of the three basic modes, dissolves into the modes. These modes of nature then merge into the unmanifest form of nature, and that unmanifest form merges into time. Time merges into the Supreme Lord, present in the form of the omniscient Maha-purusa, the original activator of all living beings. That origin of all life merges into Me, the unborn Supreme Soul, who remains alone, established within Himself. It is from Him that all creation and annihilation are manifested.
Purport:
The annihilation of the material world is the reversal of the process of creation, and ultimately everything is merged to rest within the Supreme Lord, who remains full in His absolute position.