Time is the origin of all creatures; it is Time which makes them grow; Time is their destroyer; and lastly it is Time which is their ruler. Subject to pairs of opposites, innumerable sorts of creatures rest on Time, according to their own natures.
यच्चेदं प्रभवः स्थानं भूतानां संयमो. यमः। ' स्वभावेनैव वर्तन्ते द्वन्द्वसृष्टानि भूरिश:॥ सर्गः कालो धृतिर्वेदाः कर्ता कार्य क्रियाफलम्। एतत् ते कथितं तात यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि॥