Shloka 13
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४१: कर्ण–कृष्णसंवादः, उत्पात-स्वप्न-लक्षणानि
Karna–Krishna Dialogue: Omens and Dream-Signs
युद्धायापततस्तूर्ण वारितान् सव्यसाचिना । न तदा भविता त्रेता न कृत॑ द्वापरं न च
sañjaya uvāca | yuddhāyāpatatas tūrṇaṁ vāritān savyasācinā | na tadā bhavitā tretā na kṛtaṁ dvāparaṁ na ca ||
Sañjaya sprach: „Wenn du sie, die hastig in die Schlacht stürmen, sogleich von Savyasācin (Arjuna) aufgehalten siehst, wirst du wie betäubt dastehen; in jenem Augenblick wird dir weder das Tretā-Zeitalter noch das Kṛta- (Satya-)Zeitalter, ja nicht einmal das Dvāpara-Zeitalter in den Sinn kommen.“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how overwhelming martial excellence can shatter ordinary moral and temporal frameworks: in the shock of seeing Arjuna halt the onrushing fighters, the mind loses its usual bearings—even the familiar categories of the yugas (Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara) fail to arise. It underscores the psychological force of dharma-conflict when power and fate converge.
Sañjaya foretells to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that when the Kaurava side advances eagerly toward war and Arjuna immediately checks their momentum, Dhṛtarāṣṭra will be left stunned and disoriented, unable to think clearly even in terms of the traditional cosmic ages.