न तेऽजराक्षभ्रमिरायुरेषां त्रयोदशारं त्रिशतं षष्टिपर्व । षण्नेम्यनन्तच्छदि यत्त्रिणाभि करालस्रोतो जगदाच्छिद्य धावत् ॥ १८ ॥
na te ’jaraksa-bhramir ayur esam trayodasaram tri-satam sasti-parva san-nemy ananta-cchadi yat tri-nabhi karala-sroto jagad acchidya dhavat
- na
- not
- te
- Your
- ajara
- of imperishable Brahman
- aksa
- on the axle
- bhramih
- rotating
- ayuh
- span of life
- esam
- of the devotees
- trayodasa
- thirteen
- aram
- spokes
- tri-satam
- three hundred
- sasti
- sixty
- parva
- functions
- sat
- six
- nemi
- rims
- ananta
- innumerable
- chadi
- leaves
- yat
- which
- tri
- three
- nabhi
- naves
- karala-srotah
- with tremendous velocity
- jagat
- the universe
- acchidya
- cutting short
- dhavat
- running
Your wheel, which has three naves, rotates around the axis of the imperishable Brahman. It has thirteen spokes, 360 joints, six rims and numberless leaves carved upon it. Though its revolution cuts short the life-span of the entire creation, this wheel of tremendous velocity cannot touch the life-span of the devotees of the Lord.