At the beginning of the devastation, (Deluge) all the seas leave their bed, and storms of wind rise with violence. The waves of the oceans are then fired, and in no time, the three worlds are found under the waters.

The Scriptures explain that the fiery flames emanating from the mouth of Sankarsana (God) rage for a hundred years from celestial beings, or thirty-six thousand human years. Then, for another thirty-six thousand years, torrents of rain accompanied by violent winds and roaring waves swept the three worlds, and seas and oceans left their beds. These cataclysms lasting seventy-two thousand years form the beginning of the partial devastation of the three worlds. But men forget these devastations which ravage the world and believe themselves filled by the material progress of civilization. This is called maya, illusion, or "what is not".

In a family where a holy man is born, the ancestors up to the fourteenth ascendants are already liberated.

Unfortunately, under the influence of maya, the conditioned soul uses the body it obtains to seek the pleasure of the forgetful senses and this kind of occupation can lead it again towards an impalpable body. The devotee of the Lord, or the conscious being of Krsna, does not need to observe ritual ceremonies like sraddha, for he always satisfies the Supreme Lord; Consequently, those of his fathers and ancestors who might be in difficulty are automatically saved. The most striking example is that of Prahlada Maharaja, who prayed to Sri Nrsimhadeva (an avatar) to free his father, that sinful being who had committed so many offenses against the Lord's lotus feet. He then replied that in a family where a sage like Prahlada is born, not only the father, but the grandfather and his ancestors - up to the fourteenth ascendant - are already liberated. It must therefore be concluded that the Krsna Consciousness alone represents all the works beneficial to the family, society and living beings in general. The author of the Caitanya-caritamrta adds that a person with a perfect understanding of the Krsna Consciousness does not practice any ritual, for he knows that all rites are self-fulfilled by merely serving Krsna, Full consciousness of His Person.

The Lord dispatches one of his servants in this world to instruct incarnate souls.

Krsna shows such benevolence that He gives souls captivated by the pleasure of the senses a separate world created by Him to enable them to enjoy life as they desire; Nevertheless, He also appears in His Personal Form. It is against the heart that the Lord creates the material universe, but He descends to it in His personal form or