नातिभारोऽस्ति दैवस्य सर्वभूतेषु लक्ष्मण।
शूराश्च बलवन्तश्च कृतास्त्राश्च रणाजिरे।
कालाभिपन्नाः सीदन्ति यथा बालुकसेतवः॥
nāti-bhāro ’sti daivasya sarva-bhūteṣu lakṣmaṇa
śūrāś ca balavantaś ca kṛtāstrāś ca raṇājire
kālābhipannāḥ sīdanti yathā bāluka-setavaḥ
na ati-bhāraḥ asti = it is not difficult; daivasya = for destiny; sarva-bhūteṣu = to deal with all the creatures; lakṣmaṇa = Lakṣmaṇa; śūrāḥ ca = heroes; balavantaḥ ca = strong; kṛta-astrāḥ ca = who are well-trained raṇa-ajire = in the battlefield; kāla-abhipannāḥ = overcome by time; sīdanti = perish; yathā = like; bāluka-setavaḥ = dams of sand.
Lakṣmaṇa, it is not difficult for destiny to deal with all the creatures. Overcome by time, strong heroes who are well-trained perish in the battlefield like dams of sand.
1 Prabhupāda’s synonyms to this verse states: kālaḥ—time; asmi—I am.
NOTE. In his purport to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.28, Prabhupāda sheds light on time as follows:
Another name of the Paramātmā feature of the Lord is kāla, or eternal time. Eternal time is the witness of all our actions, good and bad, and thus resultant reactions are destined by Him. It is no use saying that we do not know why and for what we are suffering. We may forget the misdeed for which we may suffer at this present moment, but we must remember that Paramātmā is our constant companion, and therefore He knows everything—past, present and future. And because the Paramātmā feature of Lord Kṛṣṇa destines all actions and reactions, He is the supreme controller also. Without His sanction not a blade of grass can move. The living beings are given as much freedom as they deserve, and misuse of that freedom is the cause of suffering. The devotees of the Lord do not misuse their freedom, and therefore they are the good sons of the Lord. Others, who misuse freedom, are put into miseries destined by the eternal kāla. The kāla offers the conditioned souls both happiness and miseries. It is all predestined by eternal time. As we have miseries without calling for them, so we have happiness also without asking for it, because it is all predestined by kāla. No one is therefore either an enemy or a friend of the Lord. Everyone is suffering and enjoying the result of his own destiny. This destiny is made by the living beings in course of social intercourse. Everyone here wants to lord it over the material nature, and thus everyone creates his own destiny under the supervision of the Supreme Lord. He is all-pervading and therefore He can see everyone’s activities. And because the Lord has no beginning or end, He is known also as the eternal time, kāla.
That kāla is another of Kṛṣṇa’s names is clear from Kṛṣṇa Himself in Bhagavad-gītā 11.32:
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
kālo ’smi loka-kṣaya-kṛt pravṛddho
lokān samāhartum iha pravṛttaḥ
ṛte ’pi tvāṁ na bhaviṣyanti sarve
ye ’vasthitāḥ praty-anīkeṣu yodhāḥ
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Time I am, the great destroyer of the worlds, and I have come here to destroy all people. With the exception of you [the Pāṇḍavas], all the soldiers here on both sides will be slain.1