HYMN LIV

A hymn to Kala; a continuation of the preceding hymn

From Kala sprang the Waters, sprang the regions, Brahma,
Holy Fire.
The Sun ascends by Kala, and in Kala sinks again to rest.
By Kala freshly blows the wind, mighty through Kala is the
Earth: on Kala rests the mighty Sky.
In Kala erst the text produced what is and what is yet to be.
From Kala sprang the Richas, and from Kala was the Yajus
born.
They formed in Kala sacrifice, eternal portion for the Gods.
In Kala the Gandharvas and Apsarasas and worlds abide.
Atharvan and this Angiras in Kala are supreme o'er heaven.
Both this world and the world that is most lofty, the pure
worlds and pure intermediate spaces,--
Yea, having conquered all the worlds by Brahma, Kala as God
Supreme is supplicated.