Shloka 38
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय ८७: सात्यकेरनुयात्रा
Sātyaki’s resolve and departure to reach Arjuna
इत्यहं विलपन् सूत बहुश: पुत्रमुक्तवान् | न च मे श्रुतवान् मूढो मन््ये कालस्य पर्ययम्,सूत! इस प्रकार विलाप करते हुए मैंने अपने पुत्र दुर्योधनसे बहुत कुछ कहा, परंतु उस मूर्खने मेरी एक नहीं सुनी। अतः मैं समझता हूँ कि कालचक्रने पलटा खाया है
ity ahaṃ vilapan sūta bahuśaḥ putram uktavān | na ca me śrutavān mūḍho manye kālasya paryayam, sūta ||
Thus, O Sūta, lamenting again and again, I spoke many words to my son. Yet that deluded one did not heed me at all. Therefore, O Sūta, I think the wheel of Time has turned against us.
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
Repeated counsel is futile when a person is blinded by delusion; such obstinacy invites ruin, and what follows is experienced as the adverse turning of Kāla (Time/fate).
Dhṛtarāṣṭra tells Sañjaya that he repeatedly lamented and advised his son Duryodhana, but Duryodhana did not listen; Dhṛtarāṣṭra concludes that Time has reversed against them, foreshadowing inevitable calamity.