उवाच कालीं प्रति कौशिकी तदा समीक्ष्यतामेष दुराग्रहोऽनयोः ।। करोति कालो विपदागमे मतिं विभिन्नवृत्तिं सदसत्प्रवर्तकः ।। ३१ ।।
The goddess addressed Kālī then—“See the foolish ambition of the two Asuras. Time the instigator of good and bad actions renders the mind work in a different way when adversity is imminent.”