tamasy apÄre vidurÄtma-sargaá¹
vicinvato 'bhÅ«t sumahÄá¹s tri-ṇemiḥ
yo deha-bhÄjÄá¹ bhayam Ä«rayÄṇaḥ
pariká¹£iṇoty Äyur ajasya hetiḥ
tamasi apÄre - because of an ignorant way of searching; vidura - O Vidura; Ätma-sargam - the cause of his creation; vicinvataḥ - while contemplating; abhÅ«t - it so became; su-mahÄn - very great; tri-nemiḥ - time of three dimensions; yaḥ - which; deha-bhÄjÄm - of the embodied; bhayam - fearfulness; Ä«rayÄṇaḥ - generating; pariká¹£iṇoti - diminishing the one hundred years; Äyuḥ - duration of life; ajasya - of the self-born; hetiḥ - the wheel of eternal time.