I have, one after another, told you the order of the creation, with their total number, of the various principles, as also the extent of the duration of each. Hear as I tell you of their destruction.
याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच तत्त्वानां सर्वसंख्या च कालसंख्या तथैव च। मया प्रोक्ताऽऽनुपूर्वेण संहारमपि मे शृणु॥