1112 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 24

TEXT 65

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sa esa lokan ati-canda-vego
vikarsasi tvam khalu kalayanah

bhutani bhutair anumeya-tattvo
ghanavalir vayur ivavisahyah

sah—that; esah—this; lokan—all the planetary systems; ati—very much;
canda-vegah—the great force; vikarsasi—destroys; tvam—Your Lordship;
khalu—however; kdlayanah—in due course of time; bhiitani—all living enti-
ties; bhutaih—by other living entities; anumeya-tattvah—the Absolute
Truth can be guessed; ghana-avalih—the clouds; va@yuh—air; iva—like;

avisah yah—unbearable.
TRANSLATION

My dear Lord, Your absolute authority cannot be directly experienced,
but one can guess by seeing the activities of the world that everything is
being destroyed in due course of time. The force of time is very strong,
and everything is being destroyed by something else—just as one animal is
being eaten by another animal. Time scatters everything, exactly as the
wind scatters clouds in the sky.

PURPORT

The process of destruction is going on according to the law of nature.
Nothing within this material world can be permanent, although scientists,
philosophers, workers and everyone else are trying to make things perma-
nent. One foolish scientist recently declared that eventually life will be
made permanent through science. Some so-called scientists are also trying
to manufacture living entities within the laboratory. Thus in one way or
another everyone is busy denying the existence of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead and rejecting the supreme authority of the Lord. However, the
Lord is so powerful that He destroys everything in the form of death. As
Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita:mrtyuh sarva-haras caham. “| am all-devouring
death.” (Bg. 10.34) The Lord is just like death to the atheists, for He takes
away everything they accumulate in the material world. Hiranyakasipu,
the father of Prahlada, always denied the existence of the Lord, and he
