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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 3]
“My Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You because You are the director of the unmanifested total energy, and the ultimate reservoir of the material nature. My Lord, the whole cosmic manifestation is under the influence of time, beginning from the moment up to the duration of the year. All act under Your direction. You are the original director of everything and the reservoir of all potent energies.”
TEXT 26
योऽयं कालस्तस्य तेऽव्यक्तबन्धो 
चेष्टामाहुश्चेष्टते येन विश्वम् । 
निमेषादिर्वत्सरान्तो महीयां- 
स्तं त्वेशानं क्षेमधाम प्रपद्ये ॥२६॥
yo 'yam kālas tasya te 'vyakta-bandho 
ceṣṭām āhuś ceṣṭate yena viśvam 
nimeṣādir vatsarānto mahīyāms 
tam tveśānam kṣema-dhāma prapadye
yaḥ —that which;  ayam —this;  kālaḥ —time (minutes, hours, seconds);  tasya —of Him;  te —of You;  avyakta-bandho —O my Lord, You are the inaugurator of the unmanifested (the original  mahat-tattva  or  prakṛti );  ceṣṭām —attempt or pastimes;  āhuḥ —it is said;  ceṣṭate —works;  yena —by which;  viśvam —the entire creation;  nimeṣa-ādiḥ —beginning with minute parts of time;  vatsara-antaḥ —up to the limit of a year;  mahīyān —powerful;  tam —unto Your Lordship;  tvā īśānam —unto You, the supreme controller;  kṣema-dhāma —the reservoir of all auspiciousness;  prapadye —I offer full surrender.
TRANSLATION
O inaugurator of the material energy, this wonderful creation works under the control of powerful time, which is divided into seconds, minutes, hours and years. This element of time, which extends for many millions of years, is but another form of Lord Viṣṇu. For Your pastimes, You act as the controller of time, but