392 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 10

TEXT 10
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vidura uvaca
yathattha bahu-rupasya
harer adbhuta-karmanah
kalakhyam laksanam brahman
yatha varnaya nah prabho

vidurah uvdca—Vidura said; yatha—as; attha—you have said; bahu-
ripasya—having varieties of forms; hareh—of the Lord; adbhuta—wonder-
ful; karmanah—of the actor; kala—time; akhyam—of the name; laksanam—
symptoms; brahman—O learned brahmana; yatha—as it is; varnaya—please
describe; nah—unto us; prabho—O lord.

TRANSLATION

Vidura inquired from Maitreya: O my lord, O greatly learned sage,
kindly describe eternal time, which is another form of the Supreme Lord,
the wonderful actor. What are the symptoms of that eternal time? Please
describe them to us in detail.

PURPORT

The complete universe is a manifestation of varieties of entities, begin-
ning from the atoms up to the gigantic universe itself, and all is under
the control of the Supreme Lord in His form of kala, or eternal time. The
controlling time has different dimensions in relation to particular physical
embodiments. There is a time for atomic dissolution and a time for the
universal dissolution. There is a time for the annihilation of the body of
the human being, and there is a time for the annihilation of the universal
body. Also, growth, development and resultant actions all depend on the
time factor. Vidura wanted to know in detail the different’ physical
manifestations and their times of annihilation.

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