Shloka 14
कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira
किं वा त्वं मन्यसे प्राप्तमस्मिन् काल उपस्थिते । त्वमस्य जगतस्तात वेत्थ सर्व गतागतम्
kiṃ vā tvaṃ manyase prāptam asmin kāla upasthite | tvam asya jagatas tāta vettha sarva-gatāgatam ||
Sañjaya sprach: „Was meinst du also, was geschehen ist, da nun dieser entscheidende Augenblick gekommen ist? Du, Lieber, kennst den ganzen Lauf dieser Welt — alles, was kommt und geht.“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the pressure of a decisive moment (kāla upasthita) and appeals to a trusted knower of events. Ethically, it frames counsel as grounded in clear-sighted understanding of how worldly events unfold—what arises and passes away—rather than in impulse.
Sanjaya, narrating the battlefield events, addresses a respected listener as “tāta” and asks what he thinks has occurred now that the crucial time has arrived, emphasizing that the listener is one who understands the full course of happenings in the world.