कालं कालयते काले मृत्योर्मृत्युर्भियो भयम् । वेदान्तवेद्यो भगवान् यत्तच्छब्दोपलक्षितः ॥ ४५ ॥
kālaṁ kālayatē kālē mṛtyōrmṛtyurbhiyō bhayam | vēdāntavēdyō bhagavān yattacchabdōpalakṣitaḥ || 45 ||
Translation
At the appointed time he brings Time itself to its end; he is the death of death and the fear of fear: the Lord known through the Vedānta, pointed to by the words "that which".
Word by word
- kālaṁ
- Time
- kālayatē
- brings to its end
- kālē
- at the (appointed) time
- mṛtyōrmṛtyurbhiyō
- the death of death, of fear
- bhayam
- the fear
- vēdāntavēdyō
- known through the Vedānta
- bhagavān
- the Lord
- yattacchabdōpalakṣitaḥ
- indicated by the words "which" and "that"
Meaning
The time is glossed as the time of dissolution. Yat and tat, "which" and "that", are the words by which the Upaniṣads point to Brahman without naming it.