Shloka 4
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय २: संजयस्य दिव्यदृष्टिप्रदानम् तथा निमित्तवर्णनम्
Granting Sañjaya Divine Sight and the Description of Omens
व्यास उवाच राजन् परीतकालास्ते पुत्राश्चान्ये च पार्थिवा: । ते हिंसन्तीव संग्रामे समासाद्येतरेतरम्,व्यासजी बोले--राजन! तुम्हारे पुत्रों तथा अन्य राजाओंका मृत्युकाल आ पहुँचा है। वे संग्राममें एक-दूसरेसे भिड़कर मरने-मारनेको तैयार खड़े हैं
vyāsa uvāca rājān parītakālāste putrāścānye ca pārthivāḥ | te hiṃsantīva saṅgrāme samāsādya itaretaram ||
Vyāsa said: O King, the appointed time of death has come upon your sons and upon the other rulers as well. Having met one another on the battlefield, they stand ready to strike and be struck—intent on mutual destruction. The verse frames the war not merely as strategy, but as a grim convergence of fate, choice, and the moral weight of violence.
व्यास उवाच