1282 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 27

kala-kanyodita-vaco
nisamya yavanesvarah

cikirsur deva-guhyam sa
sasmitami tam abhasata

kala-kanyad—by the daughter of Time; udita—expressed; vacah—words;
nigamya—hearing; yavana-isvarah—the King of the Yavanas; cikirsuh—
desiring to execute; deva—of providence; guhyam—confidential duty; sah—
he; sa-smitam—smilingly ; tam—her; abhasata—addressed.

TRANSLATION

After hearing the statement of Kalakanya, daughter of Time, the King
of the Yavanas began to smile and devise a means for executing his
confidential duty on behalf of providence. He then addressed Kalakanya
as follows.

PURPORT

In Caitanya-caritamrta it is said:

ekale isvara krsna, ara saba bhrtya
yare yaiche nacaya, se taiche kare nrtya

(Ce. Adi 5.142)

Actually the supreme controller is the Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and
everyone is His servant. Yavana-raja, the King of the Yavanas, was also a
servant of Krsna. Consequently he wanted to execute the purpose of Krsna
through the agency of Kalakanya. Although Kalakanya means invalidity
or old age, Yavana-raja wanted to serve Krsna by introducing Kalakanya
everywhere. Thus a sane person, by attaining old age, will become fearful
of death. Foolish people engage in material activities as if they will live
forever and enjoy material advancement, but actually there is no material
advancement. Under illusion people think that material opulence will
save them, but although there has been much advancement in material
science, the problems of human society—birth, death, old age.and disease—
are still unsolved. Nonetheless foolish scientists are thinking that they
have advanced materially. When Kalakanya, the invalidity of old age,
attacks them, they become fearful of death, if they are sane. Those who
are insane simply don’t care for death, nor do they know what is going to
happen after death. They are under the wrong impression that after death
there is no life, and consequently they act very irresponsibly in this life
