Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.9.14
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
There is control by time all over the space within the universe, as there is control by time all over the planets. All the big gigantic planets, including the sun, are being controlled by the force of air, as the clouds are carried by the force of air. Similarly, the inevitable kāla, or time, controls even the action of the air and other elements. Everything, therefore, is controlled by the supreme kāla, a forceful representative of the Lord within the material world. Thus Yudhiṣṭhira should not be sorry for the inconceivable action of time. Everyone has to bear the actions and reactions of time as long as one is within the conditions of the material world. Yudhiṣṭhira should not think that he had committed sins in his previous birth and is suffering the consequence. Even the most pious has to suffer the condition of material nature. But a pious man is faithful to the Lord, for he is guided by the bona fide brāhmaṇa and Vaiṣṇava following the religious principles. These three guiding principles should be the aim of life. One should not be disturbed by the tricks of eternal time. Even the great controller of the universe, Brahmājī, is also under the control of that time; therefore, one should not grudge being thus controlled by time despite being a true follower of religious principles.
What is the cause of our suffering? It cannot be said, since I do not see either recent or old karmas as the cause. Therefore Bhīṣma speaks words of the common people.
“But time is simply the substratum of the experience of happiness and distress which are prārabdha-karmas. Thus, when you say that time is the cause, time is acting as an assistant. Why do you not just say clearly that our suffering is our prārabdha-karma resulting from our sins?”
Yudhiṣṭhira is well known as the direct incarnation of dharma. If Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira) has prārabdha-karmas, how can he have any sense of dharma? The cause is not karma, but time, which cannot be countered and cannot be explained.
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- Where am I taking personal credit or blame for what time alone moved?
- How does seeing myself as a cloud rather than the wind ease me?
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