SB 12.4.38 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.4.38

నిత్యో నైమిత్తికశ్చైవ తథా ప్రాకృతికో లయ: । ఆత్యన్తికశ్చ కథిత: కాలస్య గతిరీద‍ృశీ ॥ ౩౮ ॥

nityo naimittikaś caiva

[nityo naimittikash chaiva]

tathā prākṛtiko layaḥ

[tathaa praakritiko layah]

ātyantikaś ca kathitaḥ

[aatyantikash cha kathitah]

kālasya gatir īdṛśī

[kaalasya gatir eedrishee]

Word-for-word

nityaḥ — continuous naimittikaḥ — occasional ca — and eva — indeed tathā — also prākṛtikaḥ — natural layaḥ — annihilation ātyantikaḥ — final ca — and kathitaḥ — are described kālasya — of time gatiḥ — the progress īdṛśī — like this.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

nityo naimittikaś caiva

nityaḥ

continuous

naimittikaḥ

occasional

and

eva

indeed

tathā prākṛtiko layaḥ

tathā

also

prākṛtikaḥ

natural

layaḥ

annihilation

ātyantikaś ca kathitaḥ

ātyantikaḥ

final

and

kathitaḥ

are described

kālasya gatir īdṛśī

kālasya

of time

gatiḥ

the progress

īdṛśī

like this.

In this way the progress of time is described in terms of the four kinds of annihilation — continuous, occasional, elemental and final.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

In this way, the progress of time is described in terms of the four kinds of annihilation—continual (bodies), occasional (night of Brahmā), elemental (destruction of the universe at end of Brahmā’s life) and final (liberation). This is a summary.

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