Verse 16

लौकिको यस्त्वयं कालो वर्षकल्पयुगात्मकः ।संकल्प्यते पदार्थौघैः पदार्थौघश्च तेन तु

In plain words

But this worldly Time, made of years, kalpas and yugas, is conceived through the flood of things; and that flood of things, in turn, through it.