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 ||
શક્ર બોલ્યા—એક જ મુહૂર્તને પણ તેઓ એક સત્તા હોવા છતાં અનેક રૂપે પ્રગટ થતું કહે છે. તેને જ કાળ જાણો—જેનાં વશમાં આ સમગ્ર જગત છે.
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.