SB 1.13.48
सोऽयमद्य महाराज भगवान्भूतभावनः ।
कालरूपोऽवतीर्णोऽस्यामभावाय सुरद्विषाम् ॥ ४८ ॥
कालरूपोऽवतीर्णोऽस्यामभावाय सुरद्विषाम् ॥ ४८ ॥
so’yam adya mahārāja bhagavān bhūta-bhāvanaḥ
kāla-rūpo’vatīrṇo’syām abhāvāya sura-dviṣām
kāla-rūpo’vatīrṇo’syām abhāvāya sura-dviṣām
Synonyms
mahārāja — O King; saḥ ayam — this same [Immanent Self of the entire cosmos (nikhila-jagad antarātmā)161]; bhagavān — Bhagavān [Śrī Kṛṣṇa]; bhūta-bhāvanaḥ — the ground and support of all beings [bhūtāni bhāvayati pālayati162]; adya — [has] now [idānīm163]; avatīrṇaḥ — appeared; asyām — here [on earth (bhuvi)]; kāla-rūpaḥ164 — in the form of all-devouring time [as death (mṛtyu-rūpaḥ)]; abhāvāya — for the destruction [nāśāya]; sura-dviṣām — of the enemies of the gods [or the miscreants (duṣkṛtām)].
Translation
O King, this same Bhagavān [Śrī Kṛṣṇa], the ground and support of all beings, has now appeared here on earth in the form of all-devouring time (kāla) for the destruction of the enemies of the gods.