केषाञ्चिदन्तः कल्पान्तः प्रवृत्तो घर्घरारवः । न श्रुतोऽन्यैर्न च ज्ञातः स्वभावेन रसाकुलैः ॥ १९ ॥
kēṣāñcidantaḥ kalpāntaḥ pravṛttō ghargharāravaḥ | na śrutō’nyairna ca jñātaḥ svabhāvēna rasākulaiḥ || 19 ||
- Another reading: केषाचिदन्तः (kēṣācidantaḥ) for केषाञ्चिदन्तः
Translation
Within some the roar of the end of the kalpa has begun, unheard and unknown by the others, who by their nature are absorbed in pleasures.
Word by word
- kēṣāñcid
- (keṣāñcit) some
- antaḥ
- within; the end
- kalpa
- of the kalpa
- pravṛttō
- has begun
- gharghara
- roaring
- āravaḥ
- the sound
- na
- not
- śrutō
- heard
- anyair
- (anyaiḥ) by the others
- ca
- and
- jñātaḥ
- known
- svabhāvēna
- by their nature
- rasa
- in pleasures
- ākulaiḥ
- absorbed
Meaning
A verse for the reader. In some worlds the end is already roaring, and their own people neither hear it nor know it, being busy with their pleasures. The first commentary: their natural ignorance makes them restless with love of objects, and so they never hear it. Every life has such a sound in it: the end coming, which the mind lost in its enjoyments does not hear.