Shloka 30

Devanagari script

एकीभूतास्तत: सर्वे कालपर्यायचोदिता: । भोजान्धका महाराज शैनेयं पर्यवारयन्‌,महाराज! इतनेहीमें कालकी प्रेरणासे भोज और अन्धकवंशके समस्त वीरोंने एकमत होकर सात्यकिको चारों ओरसे घेर लिया

Transliteration

ekībhūtās tataḥ sarve kālaparyāyacoditāḥ | bhojāndhakā mahārāja śaineyaṃ paryavārayan ||

Translation

Wahai Raja, kemudian—didorong oleh putaran Waktu—semua mereka, para Bhoja dan Andhaka, menjadi satu tekad dan mengepung Śaineya (Sātyaki) dari segala sisi.

Word by Word

एकीभूताःunited, become one

ततःthen, thereafter

सर्वेall

कालपर्यायचोदिताःimpelled by the turn/course of Time

भोजाःthe Bhojas

अन्धकाःthe Andhakas

महाराजO great king

शैनेयम्Sātyaki (descendant of Śini)

पर्यवारयन्surrounded, hemmed in

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhojas

Andhakas

Śaineya (Sātyaki)

Kāla (Time)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kāla as an overpowering force: when the ‘turning of Time’ drives people, even allied clans can become a single, destructive will. Ethically, it warns how collective passion and fatalism can erase discernment (viveka) and restraint, accelerating downfall.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Mausala Parva’s account of the Yādavas’ end, the Bhoja and Andhaka warriors, acting together under the compulsion of Time, encircle Śaineya—Sātyaki—signaling the escalation into internecine slaughter.