Shloka 7
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४१: कर्ण–कृष्णसंवादः, उत्पात-स्वप्न-लक्षणानि
Karna–Krishna Dialogue: Omens and Dream-Signs
गाण्डीवस्य च निर्घोषं विस्फूर्जितमिवाशने: । न तदा भविता त्रेता न कृत॑ द्वापरं न च
gāṇḍīvasya ca nirghoṣaṁ visphūrjitam ivāśaneḥ | na tadā bhavitā tretā na kṛtaṁ dvāparaṁ na ca, karṇa |
وحين يضرب سمعَك دويُّ قوسِ غانديفا—كأنه انفجارُ الصاعقة—يا كَرْنَة، فلن يكون لك إحساسٌ بتريتا، ولا بكِرْتَة (ساتيا)، ولا حتى بدفابارا. لن يبقى إلا روحُ الشقاق المروّعة حاضرةً، إذ يُقبل أرجونا وŚrī كṛṣṇa سائسُه، ويُظهر الأسلحةَ الإلهية.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses yuga-imagery to stress moral and social collapse in the face of adharma-driven war: when violence and rivalry dominate, the qualities associated with earlier, more righteous ages feel absent, and only conflict (Kali-like disorder) seems to prevail.
Sañjaya warns Karṇa about the battlefield moment when Arjuna—supported by Kṛṣṇa as charioteer—unleashes divine power; the terrifying sound of the Gāṇḍīva is portrayed as so overwhelming that it eclipses any sense of auspicious order, leaving only the experience of catastrophic strife.