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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.3.31

త్వమేవ కాలోఽనిమిషో జనానా- మాయుర్లవాద్యవయవై: క్షిణోషి । కూటస్థ ఆత్మా పరమేష్ఠ్యజో మహాం- స్త్వం జీవలోకస్య చ జీవ ఆత్మా ॥ ౩౧ ॥
tvam eva kālo ’nimiṣo janānām
[tvam eva kaalo ’nimisho janaanaam]
āyur lavādy-avayavaiḥ kṣiṇoṣi
[aayur lavaady-avayavaih kshinoshi]
kūṭa-stha ātmā parameṣṭhy ajo mahāṁs
[koota-stha aatmaa parameshthy ajo mahaams]
tvaṁ jīva-lokasya ca jīva ātmā
[tvam jeeva-lokasya cha jeeva aatmaa]
tvam — you eva — indeed kālaḥ — unlimited time animiṣaḥ — unblinking janānām — of all living entities āyuḥ — the duration of life lava-ādi — consisting of seconds, moments, minutes and hours avayavaiḥ — by different parts kṣiṇoṣi — reduce kūṭa-sthaḥ — without being affected by anything ātmā — the Supersoul parameṣṭhī — the Supreme Lord ajaḥ — the unborn mahān — the great tvam — you jīva-lokasya — of this material world ca — also jīvaḥ — the cause of life ātmā — the Supersoul.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tvam eva kālo ’nimiṣo janānām
tvam
you
eva
indeed
kālaḥ
unlimited time
animiṣaḥ
unblinking
janānām
of all living entities
āyur lavādy-avayavaiḥ kṣiṇoṣi
āyuḥ
the duration of life
lava-ādi
consisting of seconds, moments, minutes and hours
avayavaiḥ
by different parts
kṣiṇoṣi
reduce
kūṭa-stha ātmā parameṣṭhy ajo mahāṁs
kūṭa-sthaḥ
without being affected by anything
ātmā
the Supersoul
parameṣṭhī
the Supreme Lord
ajaḥ
the unborn
mahān
the great
tvaṁ jīva-lokasya ca jīva ātmā
tvam
you
jīva-lokasya
of this material world
ca
also
jīvaḥ
the cause of life
ātmā
the Supersoul.
O my lord, Your Lordship is eternally awake, seeing everything that happens. As eternal time, you reduce the duration of life for all living entities through your different parts, such as moments, seconds, minutes and hours. Nonetheless, you are unchanged, resting in one place as the Supersoul, witness and Supreme Lord, the birthless, all-pervading controller who is the cause of life for all living entities.

In this verse the word kūṭa-stha is very important. Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated everywhere, He is the central unchanging point. Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati: the Lord is situated in full in the core of everyone’s heart. As indicated in the Upaniṣads by the word ekatvam, although there are millions and millions of living entities, the Lord is situated as the Supersoul in every one of them. Nonetheless, He is one in many. As stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā, advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam: He has many forms, yet they are advaita — one and unchanging. Since the Lord is all-pervading, He is also situated in eternal time. The living entities are described as parts and parcels of the Lord because He is the life and soul of all living entities, being situated within their hearts as the antaryāmī, as enunciated by the philosophy of inconceivable oneness and difference ( acintya-bhedābheda ). Since the living entities are part of God, they are one in quality with the Lord, yet they are different from Him. The Supersoul, who inspires all living entities to act, is one and changeless. There are varieties of subjects, objects and activities, yet the Lord is one.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
You are unblinking time and you reduce the life span of all beings by divisions of time. You are the unchanging antaryāmī. You are unborn, great. You are the jīva of all jīvas. You are unchanging (kūṭa-sthaḥ), since you do not undergo transformations. You are the antaryāmī (ātmā). You are the ātmā of all the bodies of the jīvas. The previous verse mentioned ātmātmavatām, which has the same meaning. However in the previous verse, it specifically refers to the Lord of the performers of sacrifice, as the instigator of actions of sacrifice and performer of the actions. This verse refers to the Lord in all other persons.
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