Shloka 15
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४१: कर्ण–कृष्णसंवादः, उत्पात-स्वप्न-लक्षणानि
Karna–Krishna Dialogue: Omens and Dream-Signs
विगाढे शस्त्रसम्पाते परवीररथारुजौ । न तदा भविता त्रेता न कृतं द्वापरं न च
sañjaya uvāca |
vigāḍhe śastra-sampāte paravīra-rathārujau |
na tadā bhavitā tretā na kṛtaṃ dvāparaṃ na ca ||
قال سانجيا: «حين يشتد اصطدام السلاح ويغدو كثيفًا هائجًا، وحين يبدأ ابنا مادري القويان—ناكولا وسهاديفا—محطِّما مركبات أبطال العدو، في تقليب جيش أبناء دريتاراشترا وإثارة اضطرابه كفيلين مهيبين، فحين تشاهد ذلك بعينيك لن يبقى أمامك لا عصر تريتا، ولا عصر كريتا (ساتيا)، ولا حتى عصر دفابارا.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses yuga-language to convey that the moral order associated with earlier ages (Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara) will not be felt in the face of all-consuming war; when violence becomes total, ethical clarity and the sense of a righteous age vanish, leaving only the harsh reality of conflict and its consequences.
Sañjaya describes to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the coming intensity of the battlefield: weapons will strike in a dense onslaught, and Nakula and Sahadeva—likened (in the broader passage) to powerful elephants—will agitate and damage the Kaurava forces, shattering enemy chariots; witnessing this, Dhṛtarāṣṭra will feel as though no ‘golden age’ remains before him.