In the sacred hymns of the Vedas and the insights of the Upanishads, Kāla (Time) is revered as the eternal continuum—unborn, imperishable, and omnipresent. Time is not merely a sequence, but the very pulse of cosmic order.
Through following eternal revelations, the sages recognized Kāla as the ultimate law. To surrender to Time is to align with Truth itself, realizing that the spirit within transcends the marching moments and abides beyond the flow of past, present, and future.
1. 📌 Atharva Veda (19.53.8)
“काळः प्रजाः वि दधाति सर्वाः।”
(Time creates and directs all beings.)
2. 📌 Rig Veda (10.90.11)
“तस्माद्यज्ञात्सर्वहुतः ऋचः सामानि जज्ञिरे।”
(From that sacrificial essence, time unfolded the hymns, the metrical order, and the rhythm of the universe, establishing the cycles of creation.)
3. 📌 Shvetāshvatara Upanishad (6.2)
“कालः स्वभावो नियतिर्यदृच्छा भूतानि योनिः पुरुष इति चिन्त्यम्।”
(Time, destiny, nature, chance, and the eternal spirit are all reflections of the Supreme Reality.)
4. 📌 Maitrī Upanishad (6.14)
“कालो वै अस्य सर्वासां भूतानां नायको भवति।”
(Time indeed becomes the ruler and guide of all existing beings.)
5. 📌 Bhagavad Gītā (11.32)
“कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत् प्रवृद्धः।”
(I am time, the mighty destroyer of worlds, engaged in dissolving all beings.)
👨🏫 Sudesh Kumar
🎯 Philosophy Circle
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