kalah -- time; tu -- but; hetuh -- the cause; sukha-duhkhayoh -- of happiness and distress; cet -- if; kim -- what; atmanah -- for the soul; tatra -- in that idea; tat-atmakah -- based on time; asau -- the soul; na -- not; agneh -- from fire; hi -- indeed; tapah -- burning; na -- not; himasya -- of snow; tat -- that; syat -- becomes; krudhyeta -- should become angry; kasmai -- at whom; na -- there is not; parasya -- for the transcendental soul; dvandvam -- duality.

If we accept time as the cause of happiness and distress, that experience still cannot apply to the spirit soul, since time is a manifestation of the Lord's spiritual potency and the living entities are also expansions of the Lord's spiritual potency manifesting through time. Certainly a fire does not burn its own flames or sparks, nor does the cold harm its own snowflakes or hail. In fact, the spirit soul is transcendental and beyond the experience of material happiness and distress. At whom, therefore, should one become angry?