Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.16.41

kālāya kāla-nābhāya

kālāvayava-sākṣiṇe

viśvāya tad-upadraṣṭre

tat-kartre viśva-hetave

SYNONYMS

kālāya — unto time; kāla-nābhāya — unto Him who is the shelter of time; kāla-avayava — of the various phases of time; sākṣiṇe — to the witness; viśvāya — to the form of the universe; tad-upadraṣṭre — to the observer of it; tat-kartre — to the creator of it; viśva — of the universe; hetave — to the total cause.

TRANSLATION

Obeisances unto You, who are time itself, the shelter of time and the witness of time in all its phases. You are the universe, and also its separate observer. You are its creator, and also the totality of all its causes.

PURPORT

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, although appearing in different incarnations, can never be limited by time, since He is time itself, the shelter of time, and the witness of time in all its phases.

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