Shloka 13
भीष्मपतनविषये धृतराष्ट्रस्य प्रश्नाः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Questions on Bhīṣma’s Fall
अयं स मामभिप्राप्तो वर्षपूगाभिचिन्तित: । पाण्डवानां ससैन्यानां कुरूणां च समागम:,“मैं वर्षोसे जिसके लिये चिन्तित था, वह यह सेनासहित कौरव-पाण्डवोंका महान् संग्राम मेरे सामने उपस्थित हो गया है
ayaṃ sa mām abhiprāpto varṣa-pūgābhicintitaḥ | pāṇḍavānāṃ sa-sainyānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca samāgamaḥ ||
Sanjaya said: “That very event over which I have brooded for many years has now come before me—the fateful meeting and clash of the Pandavas with their armies and the Kurus as well.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the inevitability of consequences when long-standing hostility and unresolved dharma-disputes mature into open conflict; it frames the war as a long-foreseen culmination rather than a sudden accident.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that the long-anticipated confrontation has now arrived: the Pandavas with their forces and the Kurus have come together for the great battle.