नित्यो नैमित्तिकश्चैव तथा प्राकृतिको लय: । आत्यन्तिकश्च कथित: कालस्य गतिरीदृशी ॥ ३८ ॥
nityo naimittikaś caiva tathā prākṛtiko layaḥ ātyantikaś ca kathitaḥ kālasya gatir īdṛśī
- nityaḥ
- continuous
- naimittikaḥ
- occasional
- ca
- and
- eva
- indeed
- tathā
- also
- prākṛtikaḥ
- natural
- layaḥ
- annihilation
- ātyantikaḥ
- final
- ca
- and
- kathitaḥ
- are described
- kālasya
- of time
- gatiḥ
- the progress
- īdṛśī
- like this
In this way the progress of time is described in terms of the four kinds of annihilation — continuous, occasional, elemental and final.