Shloka 54
कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च
Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation
मुहूर्तमपि चैवाहुरेक॑ं सन््तमनेकधा । त॑ कालमिति जानीहि यस्य सर्वमिदं वशे
muhūrtam api caivāhur ekaṃ santam anekadhā | taṃ kālam iti jānīhi yasya sarvam idaṃ vaśe ||
Śakra said: “They speak of even a single muhūrta as one reality that appears in many forms. Know that to be Time—under whose dominion this entire world stands.”
श॒क्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Time (Kāla) is a single underlying reality that manifests as many divisions and experiences; recognizing everything as being under Time’s dominion encourages humility, detachment, and steadiness in dharmic action.
Śakra (Indra) instructs the listener in a reflective, philosophical mode typical of the Śānti Parva, pointing to Kāla as the overarching power that governs all phenomena, even what seems like a small ‘moment’ and its many perceived forms.