Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.4.36
कालस्रोतोजवेनाशु ह्रियमाणस्य नित्यदा ।
परिणामिनामवस्थास्ता जन्मप्रलयहेतव: ॥ ३६ ॥
kāla-sroto-javenāśu
[kaala-sroto-javenaashu]
hriyamāṇasya nityadā
[hriyamaanasya nityadaa]
pariṇāminām avasthās tā
[parinaaminaam avasthaas taa]
janma-pralaya-hetavaḥ
[janma-pralaya-hetavah]
Word-for-word
kāla
—
of time
srotaḥ
—
of the mighty current
javena
—
by the force
āśu
—
rapidly
hriyamāṇasya
—
of that which is being taken away
nityadā
—
constantly
pariṇāminām
—
of things subject to transformation
avasthāḥ
—
the various conditions
tāḥ
—
they
janma
—
of birth
pralaya
—
and annihilation
hetavaḥ
—
the causes.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kāla-sroto-javenāśu
kāla
of time
srotaḥ
of the mighty current
javena
by the force
āśu
rapidly
hriyamāṇasya nityadā
hriyamāṇasya
of that which is being taken away
nityadā
constantly
pariṇāminām avasthās tā
pariṇāminām
of things subject to transformation
avasthāḥ
the various conditions
tāḥ
they
janma-pralaya-hetavaḥ
janma
of birth
pralaya
and annihilation
hetavaḥ
the causes.
All material entities undergo transformation and are constantly and swiftly eroded by the mighty currents of time. The various stages of existence that material things exhibit are the perpetual causes of their generation and annihilation.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
The various states of the bodies of living entities which are quickly destroyed by the force of the flow of time are indications of continual birth and death.
The cause is explains. Hriyamānasya should be hriyamānānām. The various states of the bodies of living entities, such as bālya, paugaṇdā etc., which are quickly destroyed by the force of the flow of time are indications of continual birth and death. The bodies and other objects are at every moment born and dying. Because of these various conditions of their bodies they are compared to flames.
Personal Guidance
The current of time is swift and relentless; the changing stages of every material thing are simultaneously its births and its deaths. Childhood dies into youth, youth into old age. Each phase is a small dissolution. Bhakti is the one constant amid them.
Reflection Questions
- Which phase of my life am I refusing to let die into the next?
- What devotional practice anchors me as phases turn?
My note
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