[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Bhagavatapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) › 11.23.55 # Bhagavatapurana 11.23.55 Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11.23.55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.23.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23.55) kālas tu hetuḥ sukha-duḥkhayoś cet kim ātmanas tatra tad-ātmako 'sau / nāgner hi tāpo na himasya tat syāt krudhyeta kasmai na parasya dvandvam // > 56. If Time be taken as the cause of pleasure and pain, what has it to do with Atman? In that case Atman is himself Time: it > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam > cannot be then said that fire suffers from the heat of fire and cold from the chillness of cold; who should be angry with whom? > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam - [Previous: 11.23.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23.54) - [Next: 11.23.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23.56) - [Up: 11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23) ## Translations (2) - [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.11.23.p60) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.11.23.55) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23.55) · Pramāṇa