Shloka 7
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४१: कर्ण–कृष्णसंवादः, उत्पात-स्वप्न-लक्षणानि
Karna–Krishna Dialogue: Omens and Dream-Signs
गाण्डीवस्य च निर्घोषं विस्फूर्जितमिवाशने: । न तदा भविता त्रेता न कृत॑ द्वापरं न च,कर्ण! जब युद्धमें मुझ श्रीकृष्णको सारथि बनाकर आये हुए श्वेतवाहन अर्जुनको तुम ऐन्द्र, आग्नेय तथा वायव्य अस्त्र प्रकट करते देखोगे और जब गाण्डीवकी वज्र-गर्जनाके समान भयंकर टंकार तुम्हारे कानोंमें पड़ेगी, उस समय तुम्हें सत्ययुग, त्रेता और द्वापरकी प्रतीति नहीं होगी (केवल कलहस्वरूप भयंकर कलि ही दृष्टिगोचर होगा)
gāṇḍīvasya ca nirghoṣaṁ visphūrjitam ivāśaneḥ | na tadā bhavitā tretā na kṛtaṁ dvāparaṁ na ca, karṇa |
And when the thunderous roar of the Gāṇḍīva—like the crack of a lightning-bolt—strikes your ears, O Karṇa, then for you there will be no sense of the Tretā age, nor of the Kṛta (Satya) age, nor even of the Dvāpara. Only the dreadful spirit of strife will seem present, as Arjuna comes with Śrī Kṛṣṇa as his charioteer and displays the divine missiles.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses yuga-imagery to stress moral and social collapse in the face of adharma-driven war: when violence and rivalry dominate, the qualities associated with earlier, more righteous ages feel absent, and only conflict (Kali-like disorder) seems to prevail.
Sañjaya warns Karṇa about the battlefield moment when Arjuna—supported by Kṛṣṇa as charioteer—unleashes divine power; the terrifying sound of the Gāṇḍīva is portrayed as so overwhelming that it eclipses any sense of auspicious order, leaving only the experience of catastrophic strife.