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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.29.37

రూపభేదాస్పదం దివ్యం కాల ఇత్యభిధీయతే । భూతానాం మహదాదీనాం యతో భిన్నద‍ృశాం భయమ్ ॥ ౩౭ ॥
rūpa-bhedāspadaṁ divyaṁ
[roopa-bhedaaspadam divyam]
kāla ity abhidhīyate
[kaala ity abhidheeyate]
bhūtānāṁ mahad-ādīnāṁ
[bhootaanaam mahad-aadeenaam]
yato bhinna-dṛśāṁ bhayam
[yato bhinna-drishaam bhayam]
rūpa-bheda — of the transformation of forms āspadam — the cause divyam — divine kālaḥ — time iti — thus abhidhīyate — is known bhūtānām — of living entities mahat-ādīnām — beginning with Lord Brahmā yataḥ — because of which bhinna-dṛśām — with separate vision bhayam — fear.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
rūpa-bhedāspadaṁ divyaṁ
rūpa-bheda
of the transformation of forms
āspadam
the cause
divyam
divine
kāla ity abhidhīyate
kālaḥ
time
iti
thus
abhidhīyate
is known
bhūtānāṁ mahad-ādīnāṁ
bhūtānām
of living entities
mahat-ādīnām
beginning with Lord Brahmā
yato bhinna-dṛśāṁ bhayam
yataḥ
because of which
bhinna-dṛśām
with separate vision
bhayam
fear.
The time factor, who causes the transformation of the various material manifestations, is another feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Anyone who does not know that time is the same Supreme Personality is afraid of the time factor.

Everyone is afraid of the activities of time, but a devotee who knows that the time factor is another representation or manifestation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead has nothing to fear from the influence of time. The phrase rūpa-bhedāspadam is very significant. By the influence of time, so many forms are changing. For example, when a child is born his form is small, but in the course of time that form changes into a larger form, the body of a boy and then the body of a young man. Similarly, everything is changed and transformed by the time factor, or by the indirect control of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Usually, we do not see any difference between the body of a child and the body of a boy or young man because we know that these changes are due to the action of the time factor. There is cause for fear for a person who does not know how time acts.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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