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Vairagya Prakarana

 

The dalliance of Time

Sri Rāma

  1. -4. (Hear about) the amorous passtimes of prince Time and the way he draws people into trouble. He plays (hurts) with the hoards of animals of people in the declining jungles of world and makes them miserable. At one place in the jungle is the beautiful lotus of the ocean-fire. At another is the great ocean of dissolution. At another, is the beautiful lake for water (sports). At the time of dissolution, he makes all the elements of different relishes and the several oceans (milk, etc) stale (by his actions).

  1. -10. In this world, "Chandi" roams around accompanied by "Matru" tribes. This earth, full of beautiful flowers like lotuses and "kalharas", is the wine-glass of Time. The terrible, fierce Lord Narasimha of thundering and ugly clamour and shout has become a parrot on Time's muscular shoulders. Even the effulgent "Bhairava" of musical voice has become a sporting bird for Time. From the bow of Time, always, the twang of nothingness emerges. From that bow fly out arrows called sorrows. Prince Time is hunting down with his arrows, fickle minded beings and monkeys wandering in the forest of this world.

 

Sri Yoga Vasishtam
Translation by :
Dr. P.N. Murthy