Shloka 2
अयं स काल: सम्प्राप्तो मित्राणां मित्रवत्सल | न च त्वदन्यं पश्यामि यो न आपत्सु तारयेत्,“मित्रवत्सल श्रीकृष्ण! मित्रोंकी सहायताके लिये यही उपयुक्त अवसर आया है। मैं आपके सिवा दूसरे किसीको ऐसा नहीं देखता, जो इस विपत्तिसे हमलोगोंका उद्धार करे
ayaṃ sa kālaḥ samprāpto mitrāṇāṃ mitravatsala | na ca tvadanyaṃ paśyāmi yo na āpatsu tārayet ||
“O Kṛṣṇa, ever-affectionate to your friends, the decisive moment has now arrived for aiding one’s allies. I see no one other than you who can rescue us from this calamity.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
In times of impending disaster, dharmic leadership expresses itself as steadfast protection of allies; the verse highlights reliance on a proven protector whose loyalty to friends is ethically grounded and action-oriented.
At a tense juncture in Udyoga Parva, the speaker points to the arrival of the crucial moment to help one’s friends and declares that only Kṛṣṇa is capable of delivering them from the looming crisis.