Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Purva Bhaga — Chapter 7
SiP 7.1 7.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वखण्डे शिवतत्त्ववर्णनं नाम षष्ठो ऽध्यायः ५०९ब् छप्तेर् ७ मुनय ऊचुः कालादुत्पद्यते सर्वं कालदेव विपद्यते न कालनिरपेक्षं हि क्वचित्किंचन विद्यते
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe śivatattvavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ 509b chapter 7 munaya ūcuḥ kālādutpadyate sarvaṃ kāladeva vipadyate na kālanirapekṣaṃ hi kvacitkiṃcana vidyate
Thus the sixth chapter, called the Description of the Nature of Śiva, in the earlier section of the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, the seventh (book) of the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 7. The sages said: From Time all is born, and by Time alone it perishes; for nowhere is anything found that is independent of Time.
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SiP 7.1 7.2
यदास्यांतर्गतं विश्वं शश्वत्संसारमण्डलम् सर्गसंहृतिमुद्राभ्यां चक्रवत्परिवर्तते
yadāsyāṃtargataṃ viśvaṃ śaśvatsaṃsāramaṇḍalam sargasaṃhṛtimudrābhyāṃ cakravatparivartate
Since the universe contained within it — the ever-turning circle of transmigration — revolves like a wheel through the two seals of creation and dissolution;
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SiP 7.1 7.3
ब्रह्मा हरिश्च रुद्रश्च तथान्ये च सुरासुराः यत्कृतां नियतिं प्राप्य प्रभवो नातिवर्तितुम्
brahmā hariśca rudraśca tathānye ca surāsurāḥ yatkṛtāṃ niyatiṃ prāpya prabhavo nātivartitum
and since Brahmā, Hari, and Rudra, and likewise the other gods and demons, on meeting the ordinance made by it, are not able to overstep it;
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SiP 7.1 7.4
भूतभव्यभविष्याद्यैर्विभज्य जरयन् प्रजाः अतिप्रभुरिति स्वैरं वर्तते ऽतिभयंकरः
bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyādyairvibhajya jarayan prajāḥ atiprabhuriti svairaṃ vartate 'tibhayaṃkaraḥ
and since, dividing (things) into past, present, future and the rest, wearing out creatures, he moves at will as the supreme lord, exceedingly terrible —
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SiP 7.1 7.5
क एष भगवान् कालः कस्य वा वशवर्त्ययम् क एवास्य वशे न स्यात्कथयैतद्विचक्षण
ka eṣa bhagavān kālaḥ kasya vā vaśavartyayam ka evāsya vaśe na syātkathayaitadvicakṣaṇa
who is this lord Time? Or under whose control is he? And who indeed would not be under his control? Tell us this, O discerning one.
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SiP 7.1 7.6
वायुरुवाच कालकाष्ठानिमेषादिकलाकलितविग्रहम् कालात्मेति समाख्यातं तेजो माहेश्वरं परम्
vāyuruvāca kālakāṣṭhānimeṣādikalākalitavigraham kālātmeti samākhyātaṃ tejo māheśvaraṃ param
Vāyu said: That whose form is measured out by kalās—kāla, kāṣṭhā, nimeṣa and the rest—is named "the Self of Time" (Kālātman), the supreme radiance of Maheśvara.
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SiP 7.1 7.7
यदलंघ्यमशेषस्य स्थावरस्य चरस्य च नियोगरूपमीशस्य बलं विश्वनियामकम्
yadalaṃghyamaśeṣasya sthāvarasya carasya ca niyogarūpamīśasya balaṃ viśvaniyāmakam
(It is) that which cannot be transgressed, the Lord's power in the form of command over the whole of the immobile and the moving, the regulator of the universe.
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SiP 7.1 7.8
तस्यांशांशमयी मुक्तिः कालात्मनि महात्मनि ततो निष्क्रम्य संक्रांता विसृष्टाग्रेरिवायसी
tasyāṃśāṃśamayī muktiḥ kālātmani mahātmani tato niṣkramya saṃkrāṃtā visṛṣṭāgrerivāyasī
Made of a fraction of a fraction of that (power), the release (of it) rests in the Self of Time, the great Self; issuing forth from that it passes over, like an iron (ball) hurled from fire.
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SiP 7.1 7.9
तस्मात्कालवशे विश्वं न स विश्ववशे स्थितः शिवस्य तु वशे कालो न कालस्य वशे शिवः
tasmātkālavaśe viśvaṃ na sa viśvavaśe sthitaḥ śivasya tu vaśe kālo na kālasya vaśe śivaḥ
Therefore the universe is in the power of Time, but he does not stand in the power of the universe; yet Time is in the power of Śiva, and Śiva is not in the power of Time.
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SiP 7.1 7.10
यतो ऽप्रतिहतं शार्वं तेजः काले प्रतिष्ठितम् महती तेन कालस्य मर्यादा हि दुरत्यया
yato 'pratihataṃ śārvaṃ tejaḥ kāle pratiṣṭhitam mahatī tena kālasya maryādā hi duratyayā
Since Śarva's unobstructed radiance is established in Time, therefore great is Time's boundary, hard indeed to cross.
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SiP 7.1 7.11
कालं प्रज्ञाविशेषेण को ऽतिवर्तितुमर्हति कालेन तु कृतं कर्म न कश्चिदतिवर्तते
kālaṃ prajñāviśeṣeṇa ko 'tivartitumarhati kālena tu kṛtaṃ karma na kaścidativartate
Who is able to get past Time by any excellence of intelligence? And no one gets past the deed that has been done by Time.
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SiP 7.1 7.12
एकच्छत्रां महीं कृत्स्नां ये पराक्रम्य शासति ते ऽपि नैवातिवर्तंते कालवेलामिवाब्धयः
ekacchatrāṃ mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ ye parākramya śāsati te 'pi naivātivartaṃte kālavelāmivābdhayaḥ
Those who by their prowess rule the whole earth under a single umbrella—even they do not get past (Time), as the oceans do not pass the shoreline set by Time.
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SiP 7.1 7.13
ये निगृह्येंद्रियग्रामं जयंति सकलं जगत् न जयंत्यपि ते कालं कालो जयति तानपि
ye nigṛhyeṃdriyagrāmaṃ jayaṃti sakalaṃ jagat na jayaṃtyapi te kālaṃ kālo jayati tānapi
Those who, restraining the host of the senses, conquer the entire world—even they do not conquer Time; Time conquers them too.
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SiP 7.1 7.14
आयुर्वेदविदो वैद्यास्त्वनुष्ठितरसायनाः न मृत्युमतिवर्तंते कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः
āyurvedavido vaidyāstvanuṣṭhitarasāyanāḥ na mṛtyumativartaṃte kālo hi duratikramaḥ
And physicians who know the Āyurveda and who have applied elixirs do not get past death, for Time is hard to overstep.
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SiP 7.1 7.15
श्रिया रूपेण शीलेन बलेन च कुलेन च अन्यच्चिंतयते जंतुः कालो ऽन्यत्कुरुते बलात्
śriyā rūpeṇa śīlena balena ca kulena ca anyacciṃtayate jaṃtuḥ kālo 'nyatkurute balāt
With wealth, with beauty, with character, with strength and with family (in mind), a creature thinks one thing, and Time does another by force.
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SiP 7.1 7.16
अप्रियैश्च प्रियैश्चैव ह्यचिंतितगमागमैः संयोजयति भूतानि वियोजयति चेश्वरः
apriyaiśca priyaiścaiva hyaciṃtitagamāgamaiḥ saṃyojayati bhūtāni viyojayati ceśvaraḥ
With unpleasant things and with pleasant things, whose comings and goings are unthought of, the Lord joins living beings and separates them.
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SiP 7.1 7.17
यदैव दुःखितः कश्चित्तदैव सुखितः परः दुर्विज्ञेयस्वभावस्य कालास्याहो विचित्रता
yadaiva duḥkhitaḥ kaścittadaiva sukhitaḥ paraḥ durvijñeyasvabhāvasya kālāsyāho vicitratā
At the very time when someone is in sorrow, at that very time another is in happiness. Ah, the strangeness of Time, whose nature is hard to know!
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SiP 7.1 7.18
यो युवा स भवेद्वृद्धो यो बलीयान्स दुर्बलः यः श्रीमान्सो ऽपि निःश्रीकः कालश्चित्रगतिर्द्विजा
yo yuvā sa bhavedvṛddho yo balīyānsa durbalaḥ yaḥ śrīmānso 'pi niḥśrīkaḥ kālaścitragatirdvijā
He who is young becomes old; he who is strong becomes weak; he who is prosperous becomes bereft of prosperity: Time's course is manifold, O twice-born ones.
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SiP 7.1 7.19
नाभिजात्यं न वै शीलं न बलं न च नैपुणम् भवेत्कार्याय पर्याप्तं कालश्च ह्यनिरोधकः
nābhijātyaṃ na vai śīlaṃ na balaṃ na ca naipuṇam bhavetkāryāya paryāptaṃ kālaśca hyanirodhakaḥ
Neither noble birth, nor good character, nor strength, nor skill will suffice for the accomplishment of a task, and Time is not to be obstructed.
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SiP 7.1 7.20
ये सनाथाश्च दातारो गीतवाद्यैरुपस्थिताः ये चानाथाः परान्नादाः कालस्तेषु समक्रियः
ye sanāthāśca dātāro gītavādyairupasthitāḥ ye cānāthāḥ parānnādāḥ kālasteṣu samakriyaḥ
Those who have protectors and are givers, attended by song and instrumental music, and those who are without protectors and eat others' food—Time acts alike toward them.
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SiP 7.1 7.21
फलंत्यकाले न रसायनानि सम्यक्प्रयुक्तान्यपि चौषधानि तान्येव कालेन समाहृतानि सिद्धिं प्रयांत्याशु सुखं दिशंति
phalaṃtyakāle na rasāyanāni samyakprayuktānyapi cauṣadhāni tānyeva kālena samāhṛtāni siddhiṃ prayāṃtyāśu sukhaṃ diśaṃti
At the wrong time neither elixirs nor medicines bear fruit, even when rightly applied; but those very ones, gathered in due time, quickly attain success and bestow well-being.
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SiP 7.1 7.22
५१०अ नाकालतो ऽयं म्रियते जायते वा नाकालतः पुष्टिमग्र्यामुपैति नाकालतः सुखितं दुःखितं वा नाकालिकं वस्तु समस्ति किंचित्
510a nākālato 'yaṃ mriyate jāyate vā nākālataḥ puṣṭimagryāmupaiti nākālataḥ sukhitaṃ duḥkhitaṃ vā nākālikaṃ vastu samasti kiṃcit
Not apart from Time does this (creature) die or come to birth; not apart from Time does it reach its highest growth; not apart from Time is it happy or unhappy; there is no thing at all that is not subject to Time.
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SiP 7.1 7.23
कालेन शीतः प्रतिवाति वातःकालेन वृष्टिर्जलदानुपैति कालेन चोष्मा प्रशमं प्रयाति कालेन सर्वं सफलत्वमेति
kālena śītaḥ prativāti vātaḥkālena vṛṣṭirjaladānupaiti kālena coṣmā praśamaṃ prayāti kālena sarvaṃ saphalatvameti
By Time the cold wind blows in turn; by Time the rain, giver of water, comes on; and by Time the heat goes to its quieting; by Time everything comes to fruition.
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SiP 7.1 7.24
कालश्च सर्वस्य भवस्य हेतुः कालेन सस्यानि भवंति नित्यम् कालेन सस्यानि लयं प्रयांति कालेन संजीवति जीवलोकः
kālaśca sarvasya bhavasya hetuḥ kālena sasyāni bhavaṃti nityam kālena sasyāni layaṃ prayāṃti kālena saṃjīvati jīvalokaḥ
And Time is the cause of all that comes to be; by Time the crops constantly come into being; by Time the crops go to dissolution; by Time the world of the living comes alive.
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SiP 7.1 7.25
इत्थं कालात्मनस्तत्त्वं यो विजानाति तत्त्वतः कालात्मानमतिक्रम्य कालातीतं स पश्यति
itthaṃ kālātmanastattvaṃ yo vijānāti tattvataḥ kālātmānamatikramya kālātītaṃ sa paśyati
He who thus knows in truth the reality of the Self of Time, having passed beyond the Self of Time, he sees that which is beyond Time.
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SiP 7.1 7.26
न यस्य कालो न च बंधमुक्ती न यः पुमान्न प्रकृतिर्न विश्वम् विचित्ररूपाय शिवाय तस्मै नमःपरस्मै परमेश्वराय
na yasya kālo na ca baṃdhamuktī na yaḥ pumānna prakṛtirna viśvam vicitrarūpāya śivāya tasmai namaḥparasmai parameśvarāya
To him who has no time, no bondage and no release, who is not the Person, nor Nature, nor the universe — to that Śiva of manifold forms, homage, to the supreme, the highest Lord.
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