Devanagari
नित्यो नैमित्तिकश्चैव तथा प्राकृतिको लय: ।
आत्यन्तिकश्च कथित: कालस्य गतिरीदृशी ॥ ३८ ॥
Verse text
nityo naimittikaś caiva
tathā prākṛtiko layaḥ
ātyantikaś ca kathitaḥ
kālasya gatir īdṛśī
Synonyms
nityaḥ
—
continuous
;
naimittikaḥ
—
occasional
;
ca
—
and
;
eva
—
indeed
;
tathā
—
also
;
prākṛtikaḥ
—
natural
;
layaḥ
—
annihilation
;
ātyantikaḥ
—
final
;
ca
—
and
;
kathitaḥ
—
are described
;
kālasya
—
of time
;
gatiḥ
—
the progress
;
īdṛśī
—
like this .
Translation
In this way the progress of time is described in terms of the four kinds of annihilation — continuous, occasional, elemental and final.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
In this way, the progress of time is described in terms of the four kinds of annihilation—continual (bodies), occasional (night of Brahmā), elemental (destruction of the universe at end of Brahmā’s life) and final (liberation).
This is a summary.