Shloka 24
वासुदेवस्वरूपनिरूपणं—सर्गक्रमश्च
Vāsudeva’s Nature and the Ordered Process of Creation
विष्णोः स्वरूपात् परतो हि ते ऽन्ये रूपे प्रधानं पुरुषश् च विप्र तस्यैव ते ऽन्येन धृते वियुक्ते रूपान्तरं तद् द्विज कालसंज्ञम्
viṣṇoḥ svarūpāt parato hi te 'nye rūpe pradhānaṃ puruṣaś ca vipra tasyaiva te 'nyena dhṛte viyukte rūpāntaraṃ tad dvija kālasaṃjñam
يا براهمن، وراء ماهية فيشنو تُذكر صورتان أخريان: «البرادھانا» (المادة الأولى) و«البُرُوشا» (مبدأ الوعي). ولتلك الحقيقة نفسها وجهٌ آخر: فإذا أُقيمت على نحوٍ متميّز منفصل، يا ذا الميلادين، سُمّيت تلك الصورة «كالا» أي الزمان.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
Time is presented as a distinct mode of the same Supreme Reality, functioning as the sustaining principle that differentiates and sequences cosmic processes.
He identifies them as two “other forms” spoken of in relation to Viṣṇu—Pradhāna as the primordial material principle and Puruṣa as the conscious principle—both ultimately grounded in the Supreme.
Viṣṇu is affirmed as the foundational Supreme Reality, with Pradhāna, Puruṣa, and even Kāla understood as dependent aspects or modes related to His transcendence and governance of the cosmos.