Yugas and classes of people: lineage of sages - Verse 71
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 32 · Verse 71
Sanskrit Original
गुणसाम्ये वर्त्तमाने सर्वसंप्रलये तदा। अविभागे तु वेदानामनिर्देश्ये तमोमये।।
guṇasāmye varttamāne sarvasaṃpralaye tadā| avibhāge tu vedānāmanirdeśye tamomaye||
Sūta said: When the Guṇas were in (a state of) equilibrium, when there was the annihilation of everything, when there was no classification of the Vedas, when everything was full of darkness and it could not be indicated or specified particularly (the pradhāna) unintelligently functions for the sake of Cetana (Sentient one). It functions through the intellect of the sentient one and through consciousness (?) Both of them function like the fish and the water. The Sattva (? Tattva) presided over by the sentient one functions in the nature (Guṇas).