Shloka 55
अर्जुनस्य अन्त्येष्टि, द्वारकाप्लावनम्, कलिप्रवेशः, कालोपदेशः
कालो भवाय भूतानाम् अभावाय च पाण्डव कालमूलम् इदं ज्ञात्वा भव स्थैर्यधनो ऽर्जुन
kālo bhavāya bhūtānām abhāvāya ca pāṇḍava kālamūlam idaṃ jñātvā bhava sthairyadhano 'rjuna
Die Zeit führt die Wesen ins Werden, und die Zeit führt sie auch ins Nichtsein, o Sohn Pāṇḍus; da du weißt, dass diese ganze Ordnung die Zeit zur Wurzel hat, o Arjuna, werde reich an Standhaftigkeit.
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya, citing the Arjuna-address as an exemplum of teaching on Kāla)
FAQs
This verse presents Kāla as the governing root of both arising and ceasing—highlighting a cosmic law under which all beings appear and disappear, encouraging spiritual steadiness rather than panic or attachment.
By grounding courage in metaphysical clarity: when one knows that the world’s transformations are rooted in Kāla, one cultivates sthairya (firm equanimity) instead of being shaken by gain, loss, birth, or death.
In Vaishnava Purana theology, Kāla functions under the Supreme Lord’s sovereignty; understanding Time’s rule becomes a way to recognize the Lord’s ordering power behind creation and dissolution, and to turn toward liberation rather than fear.