The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c7.s2.t4.6

c7.s2.t4.6

This valuable thought is unfortunately only slightly developed in our system; it only appears sporadically, and its position is uncertain; sometimes the powers of Brahman appear simply as the expression of his omnipotence, sometimes they mean the fructifying power of those things which, at the destruction of the world, enter as a germ into Brahman, to come forth again at the new creation. We will briefly gather together what is to be found scattered here and there, on this subject.