Why do people, deprived of their senses by grief, indulge in such lamentations? If Time, as you say, be the cause of all works, how can religious merit be acquired by persons performing religious acts?
प्रलापः सुमहान् कस्मात् क्रियते शोकमूच्छितैः। यदि कालः प्रमाणं ते कस्माद् धर्मोऽस्ति कर्तुषु॥