ŚB 12.4.38
Devanagari
नित्यो नैमित्तिकश्चैव तथा प्राकृतिको लय: ।
आत्यन्तिकश्च कथित: कालस्य गतिरीदृशी ॥ ३८ ॥
आत्यन्तिकश्च कथित: कालस्य गतिरीदृशी ॥ ३८ ॥
Verse text
nityo naimittikaś caiva
tathā prākṛtiko layaḥ
ātyantikaś ca kathitaḥ
kālasya gatir īdṛśī
tathā prākṛtiko layaḥ
ātyantikaś ca kathitaḥ
kālasya gatir īdṛśī
Synonyms
nityaḥ — continuous; naimittikaḥ — occasional; ca — and; eva — indeed; tathā — also; prākṛtikaḥ — natural; layaḥ — annihilation; ātyantikaḥ — final; ca — and; kathitaḥ — are described; kālasya — of time; gatiḥ — the progress; īdṛśī — like this.
Translation
In this way the progress of time is described in terms of the four kinds of annihilation — continuous, occasional, elemental and final.