Shloka 31
धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)
भविष्यतां वर्ततां च भूतानां चैव भारत
bhaviṣyatāṁ vartatāṁ ca bhūtānāṁ caiva bhārata
O Bhārata, dies betrifft die Wesen, die noch kommen werden, die jetzt bestehen und die bereits gewesen sind—es umspannt alle Zeiten und alle Geschöpfe innerhalb der sittlichen Ordnung.
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The line frames the discussion as universally applicable across time—future, present, and past—implying that the ethical principle under consideration is not situational but grounded in a timeless moral order affecting all beings.
Arjuna addresses the listener as “Bhārata” and introduces a point meant to encompass all beings across the three times, signaling a shift from a personal concern to a comprehensive, time-spanning ethical or metaphysical claim.