Dhaumya Describes Meru and the Course of the Sun

Verse 1 (3.164.1)

ततः सूर्योदये धौम्यः पाञ्चालीसहितांश्च तान् । आर्ष्टिषेणेन सहितः पाण्डवानभ्यवर्तत ॥

tataḥ sūryodaye dhaumyaḥ pāñcālīsahitāṃśca tān | ārṣṭiṣeṇena sahitaḥ pāṇḍavānabhyavartata

Then at sunrise Dhaumya, together with Arshtishena, came to the Pandavas, who were with Panchali.

Note on the text: Corrected पाञ्चालीसहितांस्च → पाञ्चालीसहितांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स्च for श्च) and आर्ष्टिणेन → आर्ष्टिषेणेन (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara leaves the line a syllable short; the critical edition reads ārṣṭiṣeṇena). The first line otherwise differs from the critical edition (kṛtvāhnikam ariṃdama), a recension variant.

Verse 2 (3.164.2)

तेऽभिवाद्यार्ष्टिषेणस्य पादौ धौम्यस्य चैव ह । ततः प्राञ्जलयः सर्वे ब्राह्मणांस्तानपूजयन् ॥

te'bhivādyārṣṭiṣeṇasya pādau dhaumyasya caiva ha | tataḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve brāhmaṇāṃstānapūjayan

They saluted the feet of Arshtishena and of Dhaumya, and then, with joined palms, they all honoured the brahmins.

Verse 3 (3.164.3)

आर्ष्टिषेणं परिष्वज्य पुत्रवद्भरतर्षभ । धर्मराजं स्पृशन्पाणौ पाणिना स महातपाः । प्राचीं दिशमभिप्रेक्ष्य महर्षिरिदमब्रवीत् ॥

ārṣṭiṣeṇaṃ pariṣvajya putravadbharatarṣabha | dharmarājaṃ spṛśanpāṇau pāṇinā sa mahātapāḥ | prācīṃ diśamabhiprekṣya maharṣiridamabravīt

Then, O bull of the Bharatas, the great ascetic embraced Arshtishena as a son would, and, touching the Dharma king's hand with his own, the great seer looked toward the east and said this:

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition's text; it appears in its apparatus as 3.160.2d*0825 (reading ārṣṭiṣeṇaḥ … bharatarṣabhān). The second line is a variant of 3.160.3ab (tato yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dhaumyo gṛhītvā dakṣiṇe kare); the third matches 3.160.3cd.

Verse 4 (3.164.4)

असौ सागरपर्यन्तां भूमिमावृत्य तिष्ठति । शैलराजो महाराज मन्दरोऽभिविराजयन् । इन्द्रवैश्रवणोपेतां दिशं पाण्डव रक्षति ॥

asau sāgaraparyantāṃ bhūmimāvṛtya tiṣṭhati | śailarājo mahārāja mandaro'bhivirājayan | indravaiśravaṇopetāṃ diśaṃ pāṇḍava rakṣati

"Great king, yonder stands Mandara, king of mountains, shining forth as it covers the earth as far as the ocean. Pandava, it guards this eastern quarter, where Indra and Vaishravana dwell.

Note on the text: No speaker heading is printed; from here to the end of the adhyaya the speech is Dhaumya's (the Wikisource chapter heading names him), so the speaker is set to Dhaumya. The verse corresponds to 3.160.4–5ab of the critical edition, with variants (abhivirājayan for abhivirājate; indravaiśravaṇopetāṃ … rakṣati for indravaiśravaṇāv etāṃ … rakṣataḥ, which the Wikisource footnote records as another manuscript's reading).

Verse 5 (3.164.5)

पर्वतैश्च वनान्तैश्च काननैश्चैव शोभितम् । एतमाहुर्महेन्द्रस्य राज्ञो वैश्रवणस्य च । ऋषयः सर्वधर्मज्ञाः सर्वे तात मनीषिणः ॥

parvataiśca vanāntaiśca kānanaiścaiva śobhitam | etamāhurmahendrasya rājño vaiśravaṇasya ca | ṛṣayaḥ sarvadharmajñāḥ sarve tāta manīṣiṇaḥ

"It is adorned with mountains, with forest borders and with groves. All the wise seers who know every duty, my son, say that this mountain belongs to great Indra and to King Vaishravana.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 3.160.5cd–6 of the critical edition, with variants (śobhitam, etam āhuḥ, and sarve for sadma).

Verse 6 (3.164.6)

अतश्चोद्यन्तमादित्यमुपतिष्ठन्ति वै प्रजाः । ऋषयश्चापि धर्मज्ञाः सिद्धाः साध्याश्च देवताः ॥

ataścodyantamādityamupatiṣṭhanti vai prajāḥ | ṛṣayaścāpi dharmajñāḥ siddhāḥ sādhyāśca devatāḥ

"From here creatures worship the rising sun, and so do the seers who know dharma, the Siddhas, the Sadhyas and the gods.

Verse 7 (3.164.7)

यमस्तु राजा धर्मज्ञः सर्वप्राणभृतां प्रभुः । प्रेतसत्त्वगतीमेतां दक्षिणामाश्रितो दिशम् ॥

yamastu rājā dharmajñaḥ sarvaprāṇabhṛtāṃ prabhuḥ | pretasattvagatīmetāṃ dakṣiṇāmāśrito diśam

"Yama, the king who knows dharma and is lord of all that breathes, holds this southern quarter, the way the dead must go.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रेतसत्वगतीम् → प्रेतसत्त्वगतीम् (misspelling in Wikisource; the critical edition reads pretasattvagatīm).

Verse 8 (3.164.8)

एतत्संयमनं पुण्यमतीवाद्भुतदर्शनम् । प्रेतराजस्य भवनमृद्ध्या परमया युतम् ॥

etatsaṃyamanaṃ puṇyamatīvādbhutadarśanam | pretarājasya bhavanamṛddhyā paramayā yutam

"This is Samyamana, the holy dwelling of the king of the dead, most wondrous to behold and endowed with the highest splendour.

Verse 9 (3.164.9)

यं प्राप्य सविता राजन्सत्येन प्रतितिष्ठति । अस्तं पर्वतराजानमेतमाहुर्मनीषिणः ॥

yaṃ prāpya savitā rājansatyena pratitiṣṭhati | astaṃ parvatarājānametamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

"The wise call this king of mountains Asta, the Mountain of Setting; reaching it, O king, the sun abides by truth.

Verse 10 (3.164.10)

एवं पर्वतराजानं समुद्रं च महोदधिम् । आवसन्वरुणो राजा भूतानि परिरक्षति ॥

evaṃ parvatarājānaṃ samudraṃ ca mahodadhim | āvasanvaruṇo rājā bhūtāni parirakṣati

"Dwelling thus on the king of mountains and in the ocean, the great sea, King Varuna protects living beings.

Note on the text: Corrected अवसन् → आवसन् (misprint in Wikisource; the singular subject needs the participle āvasan, which the Wikisource footnote glosses and the critical edition reads).

Verse 11 (3.164.11)

उदीचीं दीपयन्नेष दिशं तिष्ठति कीर्तिमान् । महामेरुर्महाभाग शिवो ब्रह्मविदां गतिः ॥

udīcīṃ dīpayanneṣa diśaṃ tiṣṭhati kīrtimān | mahāmerurmahābhāga śivo brahmavidāṃ gatiḥ

"Lighting up the northern quarter, O fortunate one, stands glorious Mahameru, auspicious, the goal of those who know Brahman.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (ब्रह्मविदांगतिः → ब्रह्मविदां गतिः).

Verse 12 (3.164.12)

यस्मिन्ब्रह्मसदश्चैव भूतात्मा चावतिष्ठते । प्रजापतिः सृजन्सर्वं यत्किंचिज्जङ्गमागमम् ॥

yasminbrahmasadaścaiva bhūtātmā cāvatiṣṭhate | prajāpatiḥ sṛjansarvaṃ yatkiṃcijjaṅgamāgamam

"On it stands the court of Brahma, and there abides Prajapati, the soul of all beings, creating everything there is, moving and unmoving.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 3.160.13 of the critical edition, with the words differently arranged (bhūtātmā cāvatiṣṭhate / prajāpatiḥ sṛjan for tiṣṭhate ca prajāpatiḥ / bhūtātmā visṛjan).

Verse 13 (3.164.13)

यानाहुर्ब्रह्मणः पुत्रान्मानसान्दक्षसप्तमान् । तेषामपि महामेरुः शिवं स्थानमनामयम् ॥

yānāhurbrahmaṇaḥ putrānmānasāndakṣasaptamān | teṣāmapi mahāmeruḥ śivaṃ sthānamanāmayam

"For those whom they call the mind-born sons of Brahma, of whom Daksha is the seventh, Mahameru too is an auspicious abode, free of all ill.

Verse 14 (3.164.14)

अत्रैव प्रतितिष्ठन्ति पुनरत्रोदयन्ति च । सप्त देवर्षयस्तात वसिष्ठप्रमुखास्तदा ॥

atraiva pratitiṣṭhanti punaratrodayanti ca | sapta devarṣayastāta vasiṣṭhapramukhāstadā

"Here, my son, the seven divine seers led by Vasishtha come to rest, and here they rise again.

Note on the text: Corrected पुनरेषोदयन्ति → पुनरत्रोदयन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; एषोदयन्ति is not a valid form here; following the critical edition's punar atrodayanti).

Verse 15 (3.164.15)

देशं विरजसं पश्य मेरोः शिखरमुत्तमम् । यत्रात्मतृप्तैरध्यास्ते देवैः सह पितामहः ॥

deśaṃ virajasaṃ paśya meroḥ śikharamuttamam | yatrātmatṛptairadhyāste devaiḥ saha pitāmahaḥ

"See that stainless region, the highest summit of Meru, where the Grandfather dwells with the gods who are content in the Self.

Verse 16 (3.164.16)

यमाहुः सर्वभूतानां प्रकृतेः प्रकृतिं ध्रुवम् । अनादिनिधनं देवं प्रभुं नारायणं परम् ॥

yamāhuḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ prakṛteḥ prakṛtiṃ dhruvam | anādinidhanaṃ devaṃ prabhuṃ nārāyaṇaṃ param

"He whom they call the unchanging source of the source of all beings, the god without beginning or end, the lord, the supreme Narayana —

Verse 17 (3.164.17)

ब्रह्मणः सदनात्तस्य परं स्थानं प्रकाशते । देवाश्च यत्नात्पश्यन्ति सर्वतेजोमयं शुभम् ॥

brahmaṇaḥ sadanāttasya paraṃ sthānaṃ prakāśate | devāśca yatnātpaśyanti sarvatejomayaṃ śubham

"beyond the dwelling of Brahma shines his supreme abode, all made of splendour and auspicious; even the gods behold it only with effort.

Verse 18 (3.164.18)

अत्यर्कानलदीप्तं तत्स्थानं विष्णोर्महात्मनः । स्वयैव प्रभया राजन्दुष्प्रेक्ष्यं देवदानवैः ॥

atyarkānaladīptaṃ tatsthānaṃ viṣṇormahātmanaḥ | svayaiva prabhayā rājanduṣprekṣyaṃ devadānavaiḥ

"That abode of the great-souled Vishnu blazes beyond the sun and fire; by its own radiance, O king, it is hard for gods and Danavas to look upon.

Verse 19 (3.164.19)

प्राच्यां नारायणस्थानं मेरावतिविराजते ॥

prācyāṃ nārāyaṇasthānaṃ merāvativirājate

"In the east of Meru, Narayana's abode shines supremely.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as 3.160.19d*0826, likewise a single line.

Verse 20 (3.164.20)

यत्र भूतेश्वरस्तात सर्वप्रकृतिरात्मभूः । भासयन्सर्वभूतानि सुश्रियाऽभिविराजते ॥

yatra bhūteśvarastāta sarvaprakṛtirātmabhūḥ | bhāsayansarvabhūtāni suśriyā'bhivirājate

"There, my son, the lord of beings, self-born, the source of all things, shines in his great splendour, lighting up all beings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as 3.160.19d*0827 (lines 1–2).

Verse 21 (3.164.21)

नात्र ब्रह्मर्षयस्तात कुत एव महर्षयः । प्राप्नुवन्ति गतिं ह्येतां यतीनां भावितात्मनाम् ॥

nātra brahmarṣayastāta kuta eva maharṣayaḥ | prāpnuvanti gatiṃ hyetāṃ yatīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām

"Not even the brahmin seers reach here, my son, much less the great seers; this goal belongs to ascetics whose selves are perfected.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as 3.160.19d*0827 (lines 3–4), where the last quarter reads kurusattama for bhāvitātmanām.

Verse 22 (3.164.22)

न तं ज्योतींषि सर्वाणि प्राप्य भासन्ति पाण्डव । स्वयंप्रभुरचिन्त्यात्मा तत्र ह्यतिविराजते ॥

na taṃ jyotīṃṣi sarvāṇi prāpya bhāsanti pāṇḍava | svayaṃprabhuracintyātmā tatra hyativirājate

"Reaching him, Pandava, the luminaries one and all cease to shine; there the self-luminous lord, of inconceivable nature, outshines everything.

Note on the text: Corrected ज्योतींपि → ज्योतींषि (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष). The verse is a variant of 3.160.20 of the critical edition.

Verse 23 (3.164.23)

यतयस्तत्र गच्छन्ति भक्त्या नारायणं हरिम् । परेण तपसा युक्ता भाविताः कर्मभिः शुभैः । योगसिद्धा महात्मानस्तमोमोहविवर्जिताः ॥

yatayastatra gacchanti bhaktyā nārāyaṇaṃ harim | pareṇa tapasā yuktā bhāvitāḥ karmabhiḥ śubhaiḥ | yogasiddhā mahātmānastamomohavivarjitāḥ

"Ascetics go there to Narayana, to Hari, by devotion: great souls joined to supreme austerity, purified by holy deeds, perfected in yoga and free of darkness and delusion.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 3.160.21–22ab of the critical edition.

Verse 24 (3.164.24)

तत्र गत्वा पुनर्नेमं लोकमायान्ति भारत । स्वयंभुवं महात्मानं देवदेवं सनातनम् ॥

tatra gatvā punarnemaṃ lokamāyānti bhārata | svayaṃbhuvaṃ mahātmānaṃ devadevaṃ sanātanam

"Having gone there, to the self-born, great-souled, eternal God of gods, they never come back to this world, Bharata.

Note on the text: The first line is 3.160.22cd of the critical edition; the second is not in its text but appears in its apparatus as 3.160.22d*0828.

Verse 25 (3.164.25)

स्थानमेतन्महाभाग ध्रुवमक्षयमव्ययम् । ईश्वरस्य सदा ह्येतत्प्रणमात्र युधिष्ठिर ॥

sthānametanmahābhāga dhruvamakṣayamavyayam | īśvarasya sadā hyetatpraṇamātra yudhiṣṭhira

"This abode, O fortunate one, is fixed, imperishable and changeless; it belongs forever to the Lord. Bow down to it here, Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Corrected महाभाव → महाभाग (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads mahābhāga).

Verse 26 (3.164.26)

एनं त्वहरहर्मेरुं सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ ध्रुवम् । प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य कुरुतः कुरुनन्दन ॥

enaṃ tvaharaharmeruṃ sūryācandramasau dhruvam | pradakṣiṇamupāvṛtya kurutaḥ kurunandana

"Day after day, joy of the Kurus, the sun and the moon steadily go round this Meru, keeping it on their right.

Note on the text: Removed the bracket ([) with which Wikisource sets off verses 26–27, and restored a missing word space (उपावृत्यकुरुतः → उपावृत्य कुरुतः; the Wikisource footnote glosses उपावृत्य). Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as 3.160.23d*0829 (lines 1–2).

Verse 27 (3.164.27)

ज्योतींषि चाप्यशेषेण सर्वाण्यनघ सर्वतः । परियान्ति महाराज गिरिराजं प्रदक्षिणम् ॥

jyotīṃṣi cāpyaśeṣeṇa sarvāṇyanagha sarvataḥ | pariyānti mahārāja girirājaṃ pradakṣiṇam

"And all the luminaries without exception, sinless one, circle the king of mountains on every side, keeping it on their right, great king.

Note on the text: Removed the closing bracket and doubled danda (।।]) with which Wikisource sets off verses 26–27. Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as 3.160.23d*0829 (lines 3–4).

Verse 28 (3.164.28)

एतं ज्योतींषि सर्वाणि प्रकर्षन्भगवानपि । कुरुते वितमस्कर्मा आदित्योऽभिप्रदक्षिणम् ॥

etaṃ jyotīṃṣi sarvāṇi prakarṣanbhagavānapi | kurute vitamaskarmā ādityo'bhipradakṣiṇam

"The blessed sun too, whose work dispels the darkness, drawing all the luminaries along, goes round this mountain keeping it on his right.

Verse 29 (3.164.29)

अस्तं प्राप्य ततः सन्ध्यामतिक्रम्य दिवाकरः । उदीचीं भजते काष्ठां दिशमेष विभावसुः ॥

astaṃ prāpya tataḥ sandhyāmatikramya divākaraḥ | udīcīṃ bhajate kāṣṭhāṃ diśameṣa vibhāvasuḥ

"Then, having reached the Mountain of Setting and passed beyond twilight, this radiant maker of day makes for the northern quarter of the sky.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (3.160.25d): Wikisource replaces the last quarter with बहुधा पर्वसन्धिषु, a repeat of a quarter from verses 31–32; the critical edition's diśam eṣa vibhāvasuḥ (दिशमेष विभावसुः) is restored in its place. The rest of the verse is as printed.

Verse 30 (3.164.30)

सुमेरुमनुवृत्तः स पुनर्गच्छति पाण्डव । प्राङ्मुखः सविता देवः सर्वभूतहिते रतः ॥

sumerumanuvṛttaḥ sa punargacchati pāṇḍava | prāṅmukhaḥ savitā devaḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ

"Following Sumeru round, Pandava, the god Savitri, devoted to the welfare of all beings, goes on again facing east.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राङ्युखः → प्राङ्मुखः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads prāṅmukhaḥ).

Verse 31 (3.164.31)

स सम्यग्विभजन्कालान्बहुधा पर्वसन्धिषु । तथैव भगवान्सोमो नक्षत्रैः सह गच्छति ॥

sa samyagvibhajankālānbahudhā parvasandhiṣu | tathaiva bhagavānsomo nakṣatraiḥ saha gacchati

"He divides time rightly into its many portions at the junctures of the moon's phases; and in the same way the blessed Moon travels with the stars.

Verse 32 (3.164.32)

एवमेतं त्वतिक्रम्य महामेरुमतन्द्रितः । सोमश्च विभजन्कालं बहुधा पर्वसन्धिषु । भासयन्सर्वभूतानि पुनर्गच्छति सागरम् ॥

evametaṃ tvatikramya mahāmerumatandritaḥ | somaśca vibhajankālaṃ bahudhā parvasandhiṣu | bhāsayansarvabhūtāni punargacchati sāgaram

"Thus passing tirelessly round great Meru, and dividing time in many ways at the junctures of the moon's phases, the Moon too lights up all beings and goes once more to the ocean.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 3.160.28 of the critical edition; its second line is not in the critical text but appears in the apparatus as 3.160.28b*0830, and the last word reads sāgaram for mandaram (the Wikisource footnote records mandaram as another manuscript's reading).

Verse 33 (3.164.33)

तथा तमिस्रहा देवो मयूखैर्भासयञ्जगत् । मार्गमेतमसंबाधमादित्यः परिवर्तते ॥

tathā tamisrahā devo mayūkhairbhāsayañjagat | mārgametamasaṃbādhamādityaḥ parivartate

"So too the sun, the god who slays the darkness, lighting the world with his rays, travels round this unobstructed path.

Verse 34 (3.164.34)

सिसृक्षुः शिशिराण्येव दक्षिणां भजते दिशम् । ततः सर्वाणि भूतानि कालः शिशिरमृच्छति ॥

sisṛkṣuḥ śiśirāṇyeva dakṣiṇāṃ bhajate diśam | tataḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kālaḥ śiśiramṛcchati

"Wishing to bring forth the cold, he turns to the southern quarter; then the season of winter comes upon all beings.

Note on the text: Corrected कालं → कालः (misprint in Wikisource; the sentence needs a nominative subject; the critical edition reads kālaḥ).

Verse 35 (3.164.35)

स्थावराणां च भूतानां जङ्गमानां च तेजसा । तेजांसि समुपादत्ते निवृत्तः स विभावसुः ॥

sthāvarāṇāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ jaṅgamānāṃ ca tejasā | tejāṃsi samupādatte nivṛttaḥ sa vibhāvasuḥ

"When he turns back, the radiant one draws to himself by his heat the vigour of all beings, unmoving and moving.

Verse 36 (3.164.36)

ततः स्वेदः क्लमस्तन्द्री ग्लानिश्च भजते नरान् । प्राणिभिः सततं स्वप्नो ह्यभीक्ष्णं च निषेव्यते ॥

tataḥ svedaḥ klamastandrī glāniśca bhajate narān | prāṇibhiḥ satataṃ svapno hyabhīkṣṇaṃ ca niṣevyate

"Then sweat, weariness, lassitude and languor overcome people, and living beings give themselves up to sleep again and again.

Note on the text: Corrected निपेव्यते → निषेव्यते (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads niṣevyate), and restored a missing word space (स्वप्नोह्यभीक्ष्णं → स्वप्नो ह्यभीक्ष्णं).

Verse 37 (3.164.37)

एवमेतमनिर्देश्यं मार्गमावृत्य भानुमान् । पुनः सृजति वर्षाणि भगवान्भासयन्प्रजाः ॥

evametamanirdeśyaṃ mārgamāvṛtya bhānumān | punaḥ sṛjati varṣāṇi bhagavānbhāsayanprajāḥ

"Having thus travelled this indescribable path, the blessed sun sends forth the rains once more, lighting up all creatures.

Verse 38 (3.164.38)

वृष्टिमारुतसंतापैः सुखैः स्थावरजङ्गमान् । वर्धयन्सुमहातेजाः पुनः प्रतिनिवर्तते ॥

vṛṣṭimārutasaṃtāpaiḥ sukhaiḥ sthāvarajaṅgamān | vardhayansumahātejāḥ punaḥ pratinivartate

"Nourishing the unmoving and the moving with pleasant rain, wind and warmth, that mighty, radiant one turns back again.

Note on the text: Corrected वर्धयनसुमहातेजाः → वर्धयन्सुमहातेजाः (misprint in Wikisource; a missing virama; the critical edition reads vardhayan sumahātejāḥ).

Verse 39 (3.164.39)

एवमेष चरन्पार्थ कालचक्रमतन्द्रितः । प्रकर्षन्सर्वभूतानि सविता परिवर्तते ॥

evameṣa caranpārtha kālacakramatandritaḥ | prakarṣansarvabhūtāni savitā parivartate

"Thus, son of Pritha, moving tirelessly, turning the wheel of time and drawing all beings along, Savitri revolves.

Verse 40 (3.164.40)

संतता गतिरेतस्य नैष तिष्ठति पाण्डव । आदायैव तु भूतानां तेजो विसृजते पुनः ॥

saṃtatā gatiretasya naiṣa tiṣṭhati pāṇḍava | ādāyaiva tu bhūtānāṃ tejo visṛjate punaḥ

"His course is unceasing; he never stands still, Pandava. Having taken up the vigour of beings, he gives it back again.

Verse 41 (3.164.41)

विभजन्सर्वभूतानामायुः कर्म च भारत । अहोरात्रं कलाः काष्ठाः सृजत्येष सदा विभुः ॥

vibhajansarvabhūtānāmāyuḥ karma ca bhārata | ahorātraṃ kalāḥ kāṣṭhāḥ sṛjatyeṣa sadā vibhuḥ

"Apportioning the lifespan and the deeds of all beings, Bharata, this all-pervading lord ever creates day and night, the kalas and the kashthas."