Devi Bhagavatam — Skandha 9 - Devotion & Grace of the Goddess, Shloka 56
Preparation for War with Shankhachuda
काले भवन्ति विश्वानि काले नश्यन्ति सुन्दरि । कालात्स्रष्टा च सृजति पाता पाति च कालतः
kāle bhavanti viśvāni kāle naśyanti sundari | kālātsraṣṭā ca sṛjati pātā pāti ca kālataḥ
Ô belle, les univers naissent dans le temps et sont détruits dans le temps. Sous l'impulsion du Temps, le Créateur crée et le Protecteur protège en temps voulu.
Shankhachuda
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Narrator: Vyasa
Listener: Janamejaya
Dialogue Context: Shankhachuda elevating the metaphor to a cosmic scale
Narrative Layer: embedded
Text: Elevates Kala to a supreme cosmic principle that governs even the Trimurti (Brahma and Vishnu), showing that macrocosmic events are just as bound by Time as microcosmic ones.
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Entire universes are created and destroyed solely according to the dictates of Time.
Yes, the verse states that even the Creator creates and the Preserver protects strictly in accordance with Time.
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