Shloka 10
प्रलय-प्रक्रिया (Pralaya Process) — Guṇa-Withdrawal and Pratisaṃcara
श्रीर्वाच नो धाता न विधाता मां विद्धाति कथंचन । कालस्तु शक्र पर्यागान्मैनं शक्रावमन्यथा:
śrīr uvāca—no dhātā na vidhātā māṃ viddhāti kathaṃcana | kālas tu śakra paryāgān mainaṃ śakrāvamanyathāḥ ||
室利（吉祥天女·拉克什弥）说道：“无论达塔还是毗达塔，都不能以任何方式任命或支配我。唯有时间（迦罗）之命，我必须遵从。正是那时间如今现前，催促我离弃婆利。噢，释迦罗（因陀罗），切莫轻慢那时间。”
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Prosperity (Śrī) is not controlled even by cosmic ‘ordainers’ like Dhātā and Vidhātā; it moves according to Kāla (Time). Therefore, one should not be arrogant in success or despair in loss—both are subject to Time’s turning.
Śrī (Lakṣmī) addresses Indra, explaining that she is compelled by Kāla to leave Bali. She warns Indra not to slight Kāla, implying that Indra’s own rise and fall are likewise governed by Time.