Atharva Veda · 563 of 724

HYMN LIV

A hymn to Kāla; a continuation of the preceding hymn 1. From Kāla sprang the Waters, sprang the regions, Brahma,   Holy Fire.   The Sun ascends by Kāla, and in Kāla sinks again to rest. 2. By Kāla freshly blows the wind, mighty through Kāla is the   Earth: on Kāla rests the mighty Sky. 3. In Kāla erst the text produced what is and what is yet to be.   From Kāla sprang the Richas, and from Kāla was the Yajus    born. 4. They formed in Kāla sacrifice, eternal portion for the Gods.   In Kāla the Gandharvas and Apsarasas and worlds abide. 5. Atharvan and this Angiras in Kāla are supreme o'er heaven.   Both this world and the world that is most lofty, the pure    worlds and pure intermediate spaces,— 6. Yea, having conquered all the worlds by Brahma, Kāla as God   Supreme is supplicated.