SB 12.4.38
Devanāgarī
नित्यो नैमित्तिकश्चैव तथा प्राकृतिको लय: । आत्यन्तिकश्च कथित: कालस्य गतिरीदृशी ॥ ३८ ॥
Text
nityo naimittikaś caiva tathā prākṛtiko layaḥ ātyantikaś ca kathitaḥ kālasya gatir īdṛśī
Synonyms
nityaḥ—continuous;naimittikaḥ—occasional;ca—and;eva—indeed;tathā—also;prākṛtikaḥ—natural;layaḥ—annihilation;ātyantikaḥ—final;ca—and;kathitaḥ—are described;kālasya—of time;gatiḥ—the progress;īdṛśī—like this.
Translation
In this way the progress of time is described in terms of the four kinds of annihilation — continuous, occasional, elemental and final.