दिक्कालकलनाकाशधर्मकर्ममयानि च । परिस्फुरन्त्यनन्तानि कल्पान्तस्थैर्यवन्ति च ॥ २ ॥
dikkālakalanākāśadharmakarmamayāni ca | parisphurantyanantāni kalpāntasthairyavanti ca || 2 ||
Translation
Made of space and time and their reckoning, of sky, of dharma and of karma, they flash forth endless, and seem to last until the end of a kalpa.
Word by word
- dik
- space
- kāla
- time
- kalanā
- their reckoning
- ākāśa
- sky
- dharma
- dharma
- karma
- karma
- mayāni
- made of
- ca
- and
- parisphurantya
- (parisphuranti) flash forth
- anantāni
- endless
- kalpānta
- until the end of a kalpa
- sthairyavanti
- lasting
Meaning
The world that appears is not a picture but a full order: directions, the measuring of time, the sky, a moral law and the working of deeds, all present from the first moment, and all looking as if they had stood for ages and would stand till the dissolution. Its apparent age is part of the appearance; it says nothing about how long it has in fact existed.