Mantra 5

Sukta 53

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कालोऽमूं दिवमजनयत् काल इमाः पृथिवीरुत। काले ह भूतं भव्यं चेषितं ह वि तिष्ठते

IAST Transliteration

kāló ’mū́ṃ dívaṃ ajanayat kālá imā́ḥ pṛthivī́r utá | kālé há bhūtáṃ bhávyam ceṣitáṃ há ví tíṣṭhate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Time generated yonder heaven; Time also these broad earths. In Time, indeed, what hath been and what shall be, and what is set in motion—therein it standeth forth, distributed and established.

Translation

কালই ঐ দূরের স্বর্গকে জন্ম দিয়েছে; কালই এই বিস্তৃত পৃথিবীগুলিকেও। কালের মধ্যেই—যা হয়ে গেছে, যা হবে, আর যা প্রেরিত হয়ে চলমান—সবই সেখানে বিভক্ত ও প্রতিষ্ঠিত হয়ে স্পষ্টভাবে স্থিত থাকে।

Word by Word

कालःTime

अमूम्that (yonder)

दिवम्heaven, sky

अजनयत्generated, produced

कालःTime

इमाःthese

पृथिवीःearths; the earth(s)

उतand, also

कालेin Time

हindeed

भूतम्the past; what has been

भव्यम्the future; what will be

चand

ईषितम्the ordained/impelled (order, decree)

हindeed

विapart, distinctly (prefix)

तिष्ठतेstands; is established

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition (Kāla-sūkta)

Devata: Kāla

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (with Atharvanic expansions)

Mantra Rasa

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