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कालः किरातः स्फुटपद्मकस्य
वधं व्यधाद्यस्य दिनद्बिपस्य।
तस्येव सन्ध्या रुचिरास्रधारा ताराश्च
कुम्भस्थलमौक्तिकानि॥

Time, like a wild hunter, has slain the day-lotus. Yet evening arrives with beautiful blood-like rays, and stars sparkle like pearls—an elegant image ...

time (242) metaphor (1632) lotus (346) sunset (36) stars (39) twilight (40) beauty (1797) destruction (292) imagery (157) impermanence (242)

कालः पचति भूतानि कालः संहरते प्रजाः।
कालः सुप्तेषु जागर्ति कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः॥

Time ripens all beings, time destroys all beings, and time alone stays awake when all sleep. Time is irresistible and omnipresent.

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कालः पचति भूतानि कालः संहरति प्रजाः।
निर्दहन्तं प्रजाः कालं कालः शमयते पुनः॥

Time cooks and consumes all. Even the fire-like time that destroys everything is eventually pacified by greater time. Thus, time governs all.

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कालः संप्रति वर्तते कलियुगं सत्या नरा दुर्लभाः
देशाश्च प्रलयं गताः करभरैर्लोभं गताः पार्थिवाः।
नानाचौरगणा मुषन्ति पृथिवीमार्यो जनः क्षीयते पुत्रस्यापि
न विश्वसन्ति पितरः कष्टं युगे वर्तते॥

This is the age of Kali: righteous people are rare, nations collapse, kings fall into greed, thieves multiply, and even parents no longer trust their ...

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कालः सदागतिरपि स्थायीव परिचेष्टते।
चण्डमारुतवद् विश्वम् अधरोत्तरयन् क्षणात्॥

Time, though fleeting, behaves as if permanent. Like a stormy wind, it constantly overturns the world, moment by moment.

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कालः समविषमकरः परिभवसन्मानकारकः कालः।
कालः करोति पुरुषं दातारं याचितारं च॥

Time brings both honor and dishonor, gives and takes. It turns one into a giver or a beggar. Time is the true alchemist of fate.

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कालः सुप्तेषु जागर्ति कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः।
कालः सर्वेषु भूतेषु चरत्यविधृतः समः॥

Time remains awake even when beings sleep. It moves freely through all without hindrance. Equal to all, it silently governs every life.

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कालः सूक्ष्मगतिर्नित्यं द्विविधश्चेह भाव्यते।
स्थूलसंग्रहचारेण सूक्ष्माचारान्तरेण च॥

Time functions in two ways: through gross, observable progression and through subtle internal transformation. Both aspects shape life and karma.

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कालः मृजति भूतानि कालः संहरते प्रजाः।
सर्वे कालस्य वशगा न कालः कस्यचिद् वशे॥

Time cleanses and destroys. All are subject to time, but time itself is governed by none. It is the ultimate independent force.

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काल एवात्र कालेन निग्रहानुग्रहौ ददत्।
बुद्धिमाविश्य भूतानां धर्मार्थेषु प्रवर्तते॥

Time bestows both blessings and punishments. Entering the intellect of beings, it governs their dharmic and material engagements.

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