Shloka 50
Droṇa’s Conditional Boon: The Plan to Capture Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रोणेन युधिष्ठिरग्रहणोपायः)
क्रूर: सर्वविनाशाय कालो5सौ नातिवर्तते । युधिष्ठटिरको धर्मका स्वाभाविक फल प्राप्त हुआ है, किंतु मेरे पुत्रोंकी उसका फल नहीं मिल रहा है। सबका विनाश करनेके लिये प्राप्त हुआ यह क्रूर काल बीत नहीं रहा है ।। अन्यथा चिन्तिता हार्था नरैस्तात मनस्विभि:
krūraḥ sarva-vināśāya kālo 'sau nātivartate | yudhiṣṭhiraḥ dharmakaḥ svābhāvika-phala-prāptaḥ, kintu me putrāṇāṃ tasya phalaṃ naiva labhyate | sarvasya vināśaṃ kartum prāptaḥ ayaṃ krūraḥ kālo na vyatīyate || anyathā cintitā hy arthā narais tāta manasvibhiḥ |
Vaiśampāyana said: “This ruthless Time, arrived to bring about universal destruction, does not pass. Yudhiṣṭhira—steadfast in dharma—has obtained the natural fruit of righteousness; yet my sons do not receive its reward. This cruel Time, come to annihilate all, will not move on. Otherwise, dear one, the outcomes envisioned by high-minded men would have turned out differently.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच