TEXT 20
tamasy apare viduratma-sargam
vicinvato bhut sumahams tri-nemih
yo deha-bhajam bhayam irayanah
pariksinoty ayur ajasya hetih
SYNONYMS
tamasi aparebecause of an ignorant way of searching; viduraO Vidura; atma-sargamthe cause of his creation; vicinvatahwhile contemplating; abhutit so became; su-mahanvery great; tri-nemihtime of three dimensions; yahwhich; deha-bhajamof the embodied; bhayamfearfulness; irayanahgenerating; pariksinotidiminishing the one hundred years; ayuhduration of life; ajasyaof the self-born; hetihthe wheel of eternal time.
TRANSLATION
O Vidura, while searching in that way about his existence, Brahma reached his ultimate time, which is the eternal wheel in the hand of Visnu and which generates fear in the mind of the living entity like the fear of death.

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