āIt is advised that one observe the eternal time factor, which is the cause of the material bodyās appearance and disappearance, and that one observe the living entityās entanglement in this time factor. ÅrÄ«la Bhaktivinoda į¹¬hÄkura therefore sings in his GÄ«tÄvalÄ«:
anÄdi karama-phale, paįøiā bhavÄrį¹ava-jale,
taribÄre nÄ dekhi upÄya
One should observe the activities of eternal time, which is the cause of birth and death. Before the creation of the present millennium, the living entities were under the influence of the time factor, and within the time factor the material world comes into existence and is again annihilated. BhÅ«tvÄ bhÅ«tvÄ pralÄ«yate. Being under the control of the time factor, the living entities appear and die, life after life. This time factor is the impersonal representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who gives the living entities conditioned by material nature a chance to emerge from this nature by surrendering to Him.ā
Srila Prabhupada āØšø
Srimad Bhagavatam
7.13.6 Purport
