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## Gatha 580
**Mamyaktva Margaga/649**
The term 'Kala' (time) is representative of the true nature of the definite time, and that definite time substance is imperishable. The relative time, i.e., the practical time, is born and destroyed, and is long-lasting. That means it lasts for a long time. ||580||
**Special Meaning:** In the ultimate reality, i.e., the definite time, the term 'Kala' is the primary term, and the terms like past, present, and future are secondary. In practical time, the terms like past, present, and future are primary, and the term 'Kala' is secondary, because this kind of usage is with respect to substances that have actions, and time is the action.
The characteristic of a 'Paryaya' (modification) is to be born and destroyed. The practical time called 'Samaya' (time) is also born and destroyed, therefore it is a 'Paryaya'. A 'Paryaya' cannot exist without a substance. It is also said:
"**Pajjayavijuvam Davam Dasvavijutta Ya Pajjaya Gasthi. Dohang Pranaranabhuvam Bhavam Samana Par Viti.** ||12||" [Pancastikaya] - A substance without 'Paryayas' and a 'Paryaya' without a substance do not exist, both are inseparable. Therefore, the substance of the practical time, which is in the form of 'Paryayas' like 'Samaya' etc., is the definite time. That practical time is long-lasting in the form of 'Palya' (moment), 'Sagara' (ocean) etc., i.e., it remains, and the time substance, i.e., the definite time, is eternal, i.e., imperishable, because it is beginningless and endless.
"**Kalo Parinamabhavo Parinamavo Dakhvakalasanbhuro. Voh Es Sahayo Kalo Khanabhanguro Rinayado.** ||2||" [Dhaval Pu. 4 p. 315] - The practical time is born from the transformation of 'Pudgalas' (particles), and the transformation of 'Pudgalas' etc. is through the time substance. Both have this nature. That practical time is momentary, but the definite time is fixed, i.e., imperishable.
That definite time, i.e., the time substance, is devoid of two types of smell, five types of taste, six types of touch, and five types of color. It is like the lower stone or nail of the potter's wheel, its characteristic is to be present, and it is as large as the 'Lokakasha' (space of the universe), i.e., there are as many time particles as there are regions of the 'Lokakasha'. It is also said:
"**Vavvapana Varaso Vavagadadogandha Afasa Ya. Agurulahugo Pramutto Vattalakkho Ya Kalo Ti.** ||24||" [Pancastikaya]
1. Dhaval Pu. 4 p. 315 Ga, 1.
2. S. Si. 5/22.
3. "Paryayasya Utpannprajvasitvat. Tatha Chokta Samayo Uppyanya Paddhasi. Sa Cha Paryayo Dravya Vina Na Bhavati" [Brihad Dravya Sangraha Gatha 21 Ko Teeka]1
4. "Kevacira Kalo? Pranadio Apjjavasido." [Ghaval Pu. 4 p. 321].
5. Dhaval Pu. 4 p. 314 and 315].