प्राक्कल्पविषयामेतां स्मृतिं ते मुनिसत्तम । न ह्येष व्यवधात्काल एष सर्वनिराकृति: ॥ ४ ॥
prak-kalpa-visayam etam smrtim te muni-sattama na hy esa vyavadhat kala esa sarva-nirakrtih
- prak
- prior
- kalpa
- the duration of Brahma’s day
- visayam
- subject matter
- etam
- all these
- smrtim
- remembrance
- te
- your
- muni-sattama
- O great sage
- na
- not
- hi
- certainly
- esah
- all these
- vyavadhat
- made any difference
- kalah
- course of time
- esah
- all these
- sarva
- all
- nirakrtih
- annihilation.
O great sage, time annihilates everything in due course, so how is it that this subject matter, which happened prior to this day of Brahma, is still fresh in your memory, undisturbed by time?