SB 12.4.37

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Twelfth Canto - Chapter 4: The Four Categories of Universal Annihilation

SB 12.4.36 - SB 12.4.38

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 37

anādy-antavatānena

kāleneśvara-mūrtinā

avasthā naiva dṛśyante

viyati jyotiṣāṁ iva

SYNONYMS

anādi-anta-vatā — without beginning or end; anena — by this; kālena — time; īśvara — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; mūrtinā — the representation; avasthāḥ — the different stages; na — not; eva — indeed; dṛśyante — are seen; viyati — in outer space; jyotiṣām — of the moving planets; iva — just as.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

These stages of existence created by beginningless and endless time, the impersonal representative of the Supreme Lord, are not visible, just as the infinitesimal momentary changes of position of the planets in the sky cannot be directly seen.

PURPORT

Although everyone knows that the sun is constantly moving in the sky, one cannot normally see the sun moving. Similarly, no one can directly perceive his hair or nails growing, although with the passing of time we perceive the fact of growth. Time, the potency of the Lord, is very subtle and powerful and is an insurmountable barrier to fools who are trying to exploit the material creation.

SB 12.4.36 - SB 12.4.38