पक्षमासर्तुकटके दिनारे वर्षदण्डके । क्षणनाभौ स्पन्दमये कालचक्रे वहत्यथ ॥ ४३ ॥
pakṣamāsartukaṭakē dinārē varṣadaṇḍakē | kṣaṇanābhau spandamayē kālacakrē vahatyatha || 43 ||
Translation
Then, as the wheel of time turned, whose rim is the fortnights, months and seasons, whose spokes are the days, whose axle is the years, whose hub is the moment, made of movement,
Word by word
- pakṣa
- fortnights
- māsa
- months
- ṛtu
- and seasons
- kaṭakē
- whose rim is
- dina
- the days
- ārē
- whose spokes are
- varṣa
- the years
- daṇḍakē
- whose axle is
- kṣaṇa
- the moment
- nābhau
- whose hub is
- spanda
- of movement
- mayē
- made
- kāla
- of time
- cakrē
- as the wheel
- vahati
- turned
- atha
- then
Meaning
The commentary unfolds the wheel: the fortnight is its outer rim, the month its middle ring, the season its inner ring, the days its spokes, the year its axle, the moment its hub: so the swift wheel of time turned, that is, moment, day, fortnight, month, season and year passed one by one. The wheel image makes time a machine that turns on regardless of what anyone asks of a goddess.