Shloka 10
कālacakra-वर्णनम् तथा āśrama-धarma-निरूपणम्
The Wheel of Time and the Norms of the Āśramas
ब्रह्माजीने कहा--महर्षियो! मनके समान वेगवाला (देहरूपी) मनोरम कालचक्र निरन्तर चल रहा है। यह महत्तत्त्वसे लेकर स्थूल भूतोंतक चौबीस तत्त्वोंसे बना हुआ है। इसकी गति कहीं भी नहीं रुकती। यह संसार-बन्धनका अनिवार्य कारण है। बुढ़ापा और शोक इसे घेरे हुए हैं। यह रोग और दुर्व्यसनोंकी उत्पत्तिका स्थान है। यह देश और कालके अनुसार विचरण करता रहता है। बुद्धि इस काल-चक्रका सार
etad dvandvasamāyuktaṁ kālacakram acetanaṁ | visṛjet saṁkṣipet cāpi bodhayet sāmaraṁ jagat ||
This insentient Wheel of Time—bound up with the pairs of opposites (such as attraction and aversion)—is what brings forth the entire world, even with its gods, and also draws it back again in dissolution. Yet the very same wheel, when rightly understood, becomes a means for awakening: it impels beings toward discernment and thus serves as an instrument for attaining knowledge of reality.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Embodied existence runs under an impersonal, insentient cycle of time driven by dualities (dvandvas). The same cycle that causes creation and dissolution can, when understood with discernment, become a doorway to tattva-jñāna (knowledge of reality) and freedom from bondage.
Vāyudeva continues a philosophical instruction describing the ‘kālacakra’—the cyclical mechanism of worldly bondage. He summarizes that this duality-bound, non-conscious process governs the arising and passing away of the cosmos (including the gods) and can also serve as a catalyst for awakening when properly comprehended.