Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 54

AV 19 54.1

कालाद् आपः सम् अभवन् कालाद् ब्रह्म तपो दिशः । कालेनोद् एति सूर्यः काले नि विशते पुनः

kālād āpaḥ sam abhavan kālād brahma tapo diśaḥ | kālenod eti sūryaḥ kāle ni viśate punaḥ

From Time the waters came into being, from Time brahman, tapas, the directions. By Time the sun rises, in Time it sets again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 54.2

कालेन वातः पवते कालेन पृथिवी मही । द्यौर् मही काल आहिता

kālena vātaḥ pavate kālena pṛthivī mahī | dyaur mahī kāla āhitā

By Time the wind blows, by Time the great earth (exists); the great sky is set upon Time.

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AV 19 54.3

कालो ह भूतं भव्यं च पुत्रो अजनयत् पुरा । कालाद् ऋचः सम् अभवन् यजुः कालाद् अजायत

kālo ha bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ ca putro ajanayat purā | kālād ṛcaḥ sam abhavan yajuḥ kālād ajāyata

Time, the son, formerly begot what has been and what is to be. From Time the ṛc-verses came into being, from Time the yajus was born.

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AV 19 54.4

कालो यज्ञं सम् ऐरयद् देवेभ्यो भागम् अक्षितम् । काले गन्धर्वाप्सरसः काले लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः

kālo yajñaṃ sam airayad devebhyo bhāgam akṣitam | kāle gandharvāpsarasaḥ kāle lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ

Time set the sacrifice in motion, the imperishable portion for the gods. In Time are the Gandharvas and Apsarases, in Time the worlds are established.

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AV 19 54.5

काले ऽयम् अङ्गिरा देवो ऽथर्वा चाधि तिष्ठतः । इमं च लोकं परमं च लोकं पुण्यांश् च लोकान् विधृतीश् च पुण्याः । सर्वांल् लोकान् अभिजित्य ब्रह्मणा कालः स ईयते परमो नु देवः

kāle 'yam aṅgirā devo 'tharvā cādhi tiṣṭhataḥ | imaṃ ca lokaṃ paramaṃ ca lokaṃ puṇyāṃś ca lokān vidhṛtīś ca puṇyāḥ | sarvāṃl lokān abhijitya brahmaṇā kālaḥ sa īyate paramo nu devaḥ

Upon Time these two stand, Aṅgiras the god and Atharvan. Having conquered this world and the highest world, and the holy worlds, and the holy dividing regions, having conquered all the worlds with brahman, Time moves as the highest god.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain