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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.8.20
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TEXT 20
- tamasy apāre vidurātma-sargaṁ
- vicinvato 'bhūt sumahāṁs tri-ṇemiḥ
- yo deha-bhājāṁ bhayam īrayāṇaḥ
- parikṣiṇoty āyur ajasya hetiḥ
tamasibecause of an ignorant way of searching apārebecause of an ignorant way of searching — because of an ignorant way of searching; viduraO Vidura — O Vidura; ātmathe cause of his creation-sargamthe cause of his creation — the cause of his creation; vicinvataḥwhile contemplating — while contemplating; abhūtit so became — it so became; suvery great-mahānvery great — very great; tritime of three dimensions-nemiḥtime of three dimensions — time of three dimensions; yaḥwhich — which; dehaof the embodied-bhājāmof the embodied — of the embodied; bhayamfearfulness — fearfulness; īrayāṇaḥgenerating — generating; parikṣiṇotidiminishing the one hundred years — diminishing the one hundred years; āyuḥduration of life — duration of life; ajasyaof the self-born — of the self-born; hetiḥthe wheel of eternal time — the wheel of eternal time.
O Vidura, while searching in that way about his existence, Brahmā reached his ultimate time, which is the eternal wheel in the hand of Viṣṇu and which generates fear in the mind of the living entity like the fear of death.