कपिल उवाच तस्यैतस्य जनो नूनं नायं वेदोरुविक्रमम् । काल्यमानोऽपि बलिनो वायोरिव घनावलि: ॥ १ ॥
kapila uvaca tasyaitasya jano nunam nayam vedoru-vikramam kalyamano ’pi balino vayor iva ghanavalih
- kapilah uvaca
- Lord Kapila said
- tasya etasya
- of this very time factor
- janah
- person
- nunam
- certainly
- na
- not
- ayam
- this
- veda
- knows
- uru-vikramam
- the great strength
- kalyamanah
- being carried off
- api
- although
- balinah
- powerful
- vayoh
- of the wind
- iva
- like
- ghana
- of clouds
- avalih
- a mass.
The Personality of Godhead said: As a mass of clouds does not know the powerful influence of the wind, a person engaged in material consciousness does not know the powerful strength of the time factor, by which he is being carried.