tamasy apāre vidurātma-sargaṁ
vicinvato 'bhūt sumahāṁs tri-ṇemiḥ
yo deha-bhājāṁ bhayam īrayāṇaḥ
parikṣiṇoty āyur ajasya hetiḥ
tamasi apāre - because of an ignorant way of searching; vidura - O Vidura; ātma-sargam - the cause of his creation; vicinvataḥ - while contemplating; abhūt - it so became; su-mahān - very great; tri-nemiḥ - time of three dimensions; yaḥ - which; deha-bhājām - of the embodied; bhayam - fearfulness; īrayāṇaḥ - generating; parikṣiṇoti - diminishing the one hundred years; āyuḥ - duration of life; ajasya - of the self-born; hetiḥ - the wheel of eternal time.