Shloka 32
पययिण वयं सर्वे कालेन बलिना हता: । परलोकं गमिष्याम: स्वैः स्वै: कर्मभिरन्विता:,बारी-बारीसे हम सभी लोग बलवान् कालके हाथों मारे जाकर अपने-अपने शुभाशुभ कर्मोके साथ परलोकमें चले जायँगे
paya yiṇa vayaṃ sarve kālena balinā hatāḥ | paralokaṃ gamiṣyāmaḥ svaiḥ svaiḥ karmabhir anvitāḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “All of us, in due course, will be struck down by mighty Time. Bearing the consequence of our own deeds—good and evil—we shall depart to the other world.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Time (Kāla) is ultimately irresistible and brings all beings to death; what truly follows a person beyond death is one’s own karma—both auspicious and inauspicious—so ethical responsibility remains central even amid war.
Sanjaya, narrating the events of the Kurukṣetra war, reflects on the inevitability that everyone—regardless of side—will be overcome by Time and will proceed to the afterlife carrying the consequences of their individual actions.