SB 12.4.38 • मूल श्लोक

नित्यो नैमित्तिकश्चैव तथा प्राकृतिको लय: । आत्यन्तिकश्च कथित: कालस्य गतिरीद‍ृशी ॥ ३८ ॥

Transliteration

nityo naimittikaś caiva tathā prākṛtiko layaḥ ātyantikaś ca kathitaḥ kālasya gatir īdṛśī

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

nityaḥ — continuous; naimittikaḥ — occasional; ca — and; eva — indeed; tathā — also; prākṛtikaḥ — natural; layaḥ — annihilation; ātyantikaḥ — final; ca — and; kathitaḥ — are described; kālasya — of time; gatiḥ — the progress; īdṛśī — like this.

Translation

“In this way the progress of time is described in terms of the four kinds of annihilation — continuous, occasional, elemental and final.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda