kÄlÄya kÄla-nÄbhÄya
kÄlÄvayava-sÄká¹£iṇe
viÅ›vÄya tad-upadraṣṭre
tat-kartre viśva-hetave

 kÄlÄya - unto time; kÄla-nÄbhÄya - unto Him who is the shelter of time; kÄla-avayava - of the various phases of time; sÄká¹£iṇe - to the witness; viÅ›vÄya - to the form of the universe; tad-upadraṣṭre - to the observer of it; tat-kartre - to the creator of it; viÅ›va - of the universe; hetave - to the total cause.


Text

Obeisances unto You, who are time itself, the shelter of time and the witness of time in all its phases. You are the universe, and also its separate observer. You are its creator, and also the totality of all its causes.

Purport

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, although appearing in different incarnations, can never be limited by time, since He is time itself, the shelter of time, and the witness of time in all its phases.