SB 1.13.20 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 20
Yena cha eva abhipanna ayam pranaih priyatamair api Janah sadya viyujyeta kimuta anyair dhanadibhih.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Yena—pulled by such time, Cha—and, Eva—certainly, Abhipanna—this, Ayam—overtaken, Pranaih—with life, Priyatamair—which is most dear to everyone, Api—even though, Janah—person, Sadya—forthwith, Viyujyeta—do give up, Kimuta—and what to speak of any other thing, Dhanadibhih—wuch as wealth, honour, children, land, house etc.
TRANSLATION
Anyone who may be under the influence of Supreme Kala (eternal time) must have to surrender one's most dear life and what to speak of other, non-important things such as wealth etc.
PURPORT
A great Indian scientist busy in the plan-making business was suddenly called by the invincible eternal time while the scientist was going to attend a very important meeting of the planning commission and he had to surrender his life even on the car and what to speak of his wife, children, house, land, wealth, etc left behind him. During political upsurge in India and its division into Pakistan and Hindusthan so many rich and influential persons of India had to surrender life, property and honour by the influence of time and there are hundreds and thousands of examples like that all over the world, all over the universe which are all effects of the influence of time. Therefore, the conclusion is that there is no powerful living being within the universe who can over come the influence of time. Many poets have written lamentable verses on the influence of time, many devastations have taken over the universes by the influence of time and nobody could check them up by any means. Even in our daily life so many things come and go on which we have no hand but we have to suffer or tolerate them without any remedial measure. That is the form of time.