प्रलय-त्रिविध-विभागः एवं प्राकृतप्रलय-वर्णनम्
निमेषो मानुषो यो ऽयं मात्रामात्रप्रमाणतः तैः पञ्चदशभिः काष्ठा त्रिंशत् काष्ठास् तथा कला
nimeṣo mānuṣo yo 'yaṃ mātrāmātrapramāṇataḥ taiḥ pañcadaśabhiḥ kāṣṭhā triṃśat kāṣṭhās tathā kalā
మనుష్యుని ‘నిమేషం’ అతి సూక్ష్మమైన ‘మాత్రా’ ప్రమాణముతో నిర్వచించబడుతుంది. అటువంటి పదిహేను నిమేషములతో ఒక ‘కాష్ఠా’; ముప్పై కాష్ఠాలతో ఒక ‘కలా’ ఏర్పడుతుంది.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
This verse begins a precise ladder of time-units, showing that cosmic order is intelligible and measurable—supporting later calculations of yugas, manvantaras, and dissolution (pralaya).
He starts with a human-perceptible unit (nimeṣa) and aggregates it mathematically—15 nimeṣas make a kāṣṭhā, and 30 kāṣṭhās make a kalā—establishing a scalable framework for larger cosmological periods.
Even when the verse is technical, it serves a Vaishnava cosmology where ordered time underlies creation and dissolution—Kāla functions within the sovereign governance of the Supreme Reality, Vishnu.