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Questions by King Parīkṣit
435
PURPORT
Past, present and future are different features of time to indicate the duration of life for the universe and all its paraphernalia, including the different living beings in different planets.
TEXT 13
कालस्यानुगतियां तु लक्ष्यतेऽप्यां बृहत्यपि ।
यत्रत्यः कर्मगतयो यादृशीर्द्विजसत्तम ॥१३॥
kālasyānugatir yā tu lakṣyate 'ṇvī brhaty api yāvatyah karma-gatayo yādrśīr dvija-sattama
kālasya —of the eternal time;  anugatiḥ —beginning;  yā tu —as they are;  lakṣyate —experienced;  aṇvī —small;  brhatī —great;  api —even;  yāvatyah —as long as;  karma-gatayah —in terms of the work performed;  yādrśīḥ —as it may;  dvija-sattama —O purest of all  brāhmaṇas .
TRANSLATION
O purest of the  brāhmaṇas , please also explain the cause of the different durations of time, both short and long, as well as the beginning of time, following the course of action.
TEXT 14
यस्मिन् कर्ममात्रायो यथा येनोपगृह्यते ।
गुणानां गुणिनां चैव परिणाममभीष्मताम् ॥१४॥
yasmin karma-samāvāyo yathā yenopagrhyate guṇānām guṇinām caiva pariṇāmam abhīpsatām