Mahābhārata · 2.11.27–28
॥
Devanāgarī
क्षणा लवा मुहूर्ताश् च दिवा रात्रिस् तथैव च ॥
अर्धमासाश् च मासाश् च ऋतवः षट् च भारत ॥
संवत्सराः पञ्चयुगम् अहोरात्राश् चतुर्विधाः ॥
कालचक्रं च यद् दिव्यं नित्यम् अक्षयम् अव्ययम् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
kṣaṇā lavā muhūrtāś ca divā rātris tathaiva ca ||
ardhamāsāś ca māsāś ca ṛtavaḥ ṣaṭ ca bhārata ||
saṃvatsarāḥ pañcayugam ahorātrāś caturvidhāḥ ||
kālacakraṃ ca yad divyaṃ nityam akṣayam avyayam ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
क्षणाः लवाः मुहूर्ताः चkṣaṇāḥ lavāḥ muhūrtāḥ camoments [kshanas], lavas, muhurtas,
दिवा रात्रिः तथा एव चdivā rātriḥ tathā eva caday and night,
अर्ध-मासाः च मासाः चardha-māsāḥ ca māsāḥ cafortnights and months,
ऋतवः षट् च भारतṛtavaḥ ṣaṭ ca bhārataand the six seasons, O Bharata,
संवत्सराः पञ्च-युगम्saṃvatsarāḥ pañca-yugamyears, the five-year yuga,
अहः-रात्राः चतुर्-विधाःahaḥ-rātrāḥ catur-vidhāḥthe four kinds of day-and-night,
काल-चक्रम् च यत् दिव्यम्kāla-cakram ca yat divyamand the wheel of Time, which is divine,
नित्यम् अक्षयम् अव्ययम्nityam akṣayam avyayameternal, unwaning, unchanging;
क्षणाkṣaṇāoriginal form "kṣaṇā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
लवाlavāoriginal form "lavā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मुहूर्ताश्muhūrtāśoriginal form "muhūrtāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रात्रिस्rātrisoriginal form "rātris", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथैवtathaivaoriginal form "tathaiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अर्धमासाश्ardhamāsāśoriginal form "ardhamāsāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मासाश्māsāśoriginal form "māsāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पञ्चयुगम्pañcayugamoriginal form "pañcayugam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अहोरात्राश्ahorātrāśoriginal form "ahorātrāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चतुर्विधाःcaturvidhāḥoriginal form "caturvidhāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कालचक्रंkālacakraṃoriginal form "kālacakraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यद्yadoriginal form "yad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दिव्यंdivyaṃoriginal form "divyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
"Moments, lavas, muhurtas, day and night, fortnights and months, the six seasons, O Bharata, years, the five-year yuga, the four kinds of day-and-night, and the divine wheel of Time — eternal, unwaning, unchanging."
Versión
3581fb6617d7 · publicado 16 jul 2026, 15:13:23 UTC
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Here Time itself, in all its measures, stands before the Creator. It is telling that Time, before which all things pass away, itself remains a servant to the Forefather: he who is above time is not subject to it. So the text reveals the Creator's dominion over Time itself; and next come the mothers of creation.