tvam ādir anto bhuvanasya madhyam
ananta-śaktiṁ puruṣaṁ yam āhuḥ
kālo bhavān ākṣipatīśa viśvaṁ
sroto yathāntaḥ patitaṁ gabhīram
tvam - Your Lordship; ādiḥ - the original cause; antaḥ - the cause of dissolution; bhuvanasya - of the universe; madhyam - maintenance of the present manifestation; ananta-śaktim - the reservoir of unlimited potencies; puruṣam - the Supreme Person; yam - whom; āhuḥ - they say; kālaḥ - the principle of eternal time; bhavān - Your Lordship; ākṣipati - attracting; īśa - the Supreme Lord; viśvam - the whole universe; srotaḥ - waves; yathā - as; antaḥ patitam - fallen within the water; gabhīram - very deep.
The time factor is sometimes described as kāla-srota, waves of time. Everything in this material world is within the time factor and is being carried away by waves of attraction, which represent the Supreme Personality of Godhead.