कालोऽयं परमाण्वादिर्द्विपरार्धान्त ईश्वर: । नैवेशितुं प्रभुर्भूम्न ईश्वरो धाममानिनाम् ॥ ३९ ॥
kalo ’yam paramanv-adir dvi-parardhanta isvarah naivesitum prabhur bhumna isvaro dhama-maninam
- kalah
- the eternal time
- ayam
- this
- parama-anu
- atom
- adih
- beginning from
- dvi-parardha
- two superdurations of time
- antah
- to the end
- isvarah
- controller
- na
- never
- eva
- certainly
- isitum
- to control
- prabhuh
- capable
- bhumnah
- of the Supreme
- isvarah
- controller
- dhama-maninam
- of those who are body conscious.
Eternal time is certainly the controller of different dimensions, from that of the atom up to the superdivisions of the duration of Brahma’s life; but, nevertheless, it is controlled by the Supreme. Time can control only those who are body conscious, even up to the Satyaloka or the other higher planes of the universe.