श्रीराम उवाच । अत्रैव दुर्विलासानां चूडामणिरिहाऽपरः । करोत्यत्तीति लोकेऽस्मिन् दैवं कालश्च कथ्यते ॥ १ ॥
śrīrāma uvāca | atraiva durvilāsānāṁ cūḍāmaṇirihā’paraḥ | karōtyattīti lōkē’smin daivaṁ kālaśca kathyatē || 1 ||
Translation
Śrī Rāma said: Here there is another, the crest-jewel of all wicked sports, who makes and eats; in this world he is called Fate, and Time.
Word by word
- śrī
- Śrī
- rāma
- Rāma
- uvāca
- said
- atra
- here
- ēva
- indeed
- durvilāsānāṁ
- of all wicked sports
- cūḍāmaṇir
- (cūḍāmaṇiḥ) the crest-jewel
- iha
- here
- aparaḥ
- another
- karōti
- who makes
- atti
- and eats
- iti
- so
- lōkē
- world
- asmin
- in this
- daivaṁ
- Fate
- kālaś
- (kālaḥ) Time
- ca
- and
- kathyatē
- he is called
Meaning
The last two sargas described Mahākāla, Time the destroyer and the hunter. Now Rāma turns to "another" (apara): Time as daiva, fate, the power that gives beings the fruit of their good and bad deeds. The commentary explains that it is the same Time seen in a later state: Time as action ripening into its result. It "makes and eats" (karoti, atti): it brings each result into being, and then consumes it. The reader is moved from Time as an outer force to Time working through their own deeds.