अथवा or else, प्राज्ञास्यापिसतः even the learned ones, तन diffused, प्रज्ञा wisdom, नश्यति lost, यथा likewise, भूतानाम् living beings, प्रभवः effect, आयम् this, कालः time, एवम् in that way, पचति caused.

"Or else, even the wisdom of a learned one is diffused and lost perhaps! the effect of time which is the cause of all living beings has caused this."