ऋतुः सुदर्शनः कालः परमेष्ठी परिग्रहः।
उग्रः संवत्सरो दक्षो विश्रामो विश्वदक्षिणः॥
ഋതുഃ സുദര്ശനഃ കാലഃ പരമേഷ്ഠീ പരിഗ്രഹഃ
ഉഗ്രഃ സംവത്സരോ ദക്ഷോ വിശ്രാമോ വിശ്വദക്ഷിണഃ
றிது சுதர்சனக் கால பரமேஷ்டீ பரிக்கிரஹ
உக்ர ஸம்வத்ஸரோ தக்ஷோ விஸ்ராமோ விஸ்வதக்ஷிண
ಋತುಃ ಸುದರ್ಶನಃ ಕಾಲಃ ಪರಮೇಷ್ಟೀ ಪರಿಗ್ರಹಃ
ಉಗ್ರಃ ಸಂವತ್ಸರೋ ದಕ್ಷೋ ವಿಸ್ರಾಮೋ ವಿಶ್ವದಕ್ಷಿಣಃ
ఋతుః సుదర్శనః కాలః పరమేష్టీ పరిగ్రహః
ఉగ్రః సంవత్సరో దక్షో విశ్రామో విశ్వదక్షిణః
rituh sudarsanah kaalah parameshthee parigrahah
ugrah samvatsaro daksho visraamo visva-dakshinah
416. Rituh – “Seasons”-Here it means. the Lord of Time, who governs the seasons.
417. Sudarsanah - “One who is easy to be perceived if the seeker has sufficient devotion,” or “He whose meeting is auspicious inasmuch as it removes the seeker's worldly worries.”
418. Kaalah – “One who measures the merits and defects in each individual, and who doles out the appropriate results.” Bhagavat Geeta says, “I am the Time of counting.” Kaalah is also the name of Lord Death, and in this sense, it can mean “the Lord, who is Death or Annihilation- personified to all His enemies.”
419. Parameshthee – “One who is centred in His own infinite glory.” Or, it can also mean “One who is readily available for experience in the Supreme cave of the heart.”
420. Parigrahah – “The Receiver” He who receives from His devotees even insignificant things as a leaf or a flower, with all satisfaction” Some commentators stretch the suggestion of the word and find a meaning in this term as “One who has been accepted as the Sole Refuge by all devotees.”
421. Ugrah – “The Terrible.” The One who gives fear to those who are diabolically evil”, or, as the Upanishad declares, “For fear of Him the fire burns; for fear of Him shines the sun; For fear of Him Indra, Vaayu and Death proceed with their respective functions,”-therefore He is the Terrible
422. Samvatsarah – “The Year,” which is the abode of all living creatures. Time is spread in which creatures exist and gather their experiences.
423. Dakshah – “The Smart” One who undertakes the creation, sustenance and destruction of the Whole Cosmos with ease and efficiency, diligence and promptitude,
424. Visraamah – “The resting place;” “the Quiet.” That State wherein people who suffer in Samsar, can discover a perfect rest and quietude is the consciousness Supreme, Sree Narayana.
425. Visva-dakshinah – “The most skilful and efficient.” All efficiency and skill that we find in the universe among the dynamic living creatures are all His expressions alone, and, therefore, He is the source of all skill and efficiency. Again, He is the One who is the very Creator and Preserver of the whole universe and He must be the most efficient Manager and Administrator among the living creatures.
