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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.10.10
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 10
- vidura uvāca
- yathāttha bahu-rūpasya
- harer adbhuta-karmaṇaḥ
- kālākhyaṁ lakṣaṇaṁ brahman
- yathā varṇaya naḥ prabho
viduraḥVidura said uvācaVidura said — Vidura said; yathāas — as; ātthayou have said — you have said; bahuhaving varieties of forms-rūpasyahaving varieties of forms — having varieties of forms; hareḥof the Lord — of the Lord; adbhutawonderful — wonderful; karmaṇaḥof the actor — of the actor; kālatime — time; ākhyamof the name — of the name; lakṣaṇamsymptoms — symptoms; brahmanO learned brāhmaṇa — O learned brāhmaṇa; yathāas it is — as it is; varṇayaplease describe — please describe; naḥunto us — unto us; prabhoO lord — O lord.
Vidura inquired from Maitreya: O my lord, O greatly learned sage, kindly describe eternal time, which is another form of the Supreme Lord, the wonderful actor. What are the symptoms of that eternal time? Please describe them to us in detail.
The complete universe is a manifestation of varieties of entities, beginning from the atoms up to the gigantic universe itself, and all is under the control of the Supreme Lord in His form of kāla, or eternal time. The controlling time has different dimensions in relation to particular physical embodiments. There is a time for atomic dissolution and a time for the universal dissolution. There is a time for the annihilation of the body of the human being, and there is a time for the annihilation of the universal body. Also, growth, development and resultant actions all depend on the time factor. Vidura wanted to know in detail the different physical manifestations and their times of annihilation.