Hear, O king, as to how this universe is destroyed, and of That which was never destroyed and which will never be destroyed at any time.
वसिष्ठ उवाच श्रूयतां पृथिवीपाल क्षरतीदं यथा जगत्। यन्न क्षरति पूर्वेण यावत्कालेन वाप्यथ॥