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Shloka 151

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

असंशयं हि कालस्य पर्यायो दुरतिक्रम: । तादृशा निहता यत्र कृत्वास्माकं जनक्षयम्‌,राजन! इसमें संशय नहीं कि कालकी गतिका उल्लंघन करना अत्यन्त कठिन है। जहाँ हमारे पक्षके लोगोंका संहार करके विजयको प्राप्त हुए वैसे-वैसे वीर मार डाले गये

asaṃśayaṃ hi kālasya paryāyo duratikramaḥ | tādṛśā nihatā yatra kṛtvāsmākaṃ janakṣayam, rājan |

Sañjaya dit : «Il n’est aucun doute que le cours et les retournements du Temps sont d’une difficulté extrême à franchir. En ce lieu même, ô Roi, ces mêmes puissants guerriers—qui avaient causé la ruine des nôtres et remporté leur victoire—furent à leur tour frappés et abattus.»

असंशयम्undoubtedly
असंशयम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअसंशय
Formtrue
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
Formtrue
कालस्यof Time
कालस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
पर्यायःcourse/turn (inevitable process)
पर्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपर्याय
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
दुरतिक्रमःhard to overstep
दुरतिक्रमः:
TypeAdjective
Rootदुरतिक्रम
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
तादृशाःsuch (men/warriors)
तादृशाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतादृश
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
निहताःslain
निहताः:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-हन्
Formpast passive participle (क्त), masculine, nominative, plural
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र
Formtrue
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formabsolutive (क्त्वा), active
अस्माकम्of us/our
अस्माकम्:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formfirst, genitive, plural
जनक्षयम्destruction of people
जनक्षयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजनक्षय
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
Formmasculine, vocative, singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
K
Kāla (Time)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the inevitability of Kāla (Time): even those who achieve victory through devastating violence cannot escape the larger cycle of consequence. It frames the war’s outcomes as governed by an overpowering temporal-moral order that no one can easily transgress.

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the very warriors who had earlier caused massive losses to the Kaurava side and secured triumph were later themselves killed—highlighting the reversal brought about by the inexorable movement of Time.