Shloka 396
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention
कृतार्थमथ चात्मानं मन््यते कालचोदित: । “कालसे प्रेरित हुआ दुर्योधन इन समस्त राजाओंके समुदायको तथा रथियोंमें श्रेष्ठ द्रोणाचार्य, कृपाचार्य, भूरिश्रवा, जयद्रथ और कर्णको पाकर पाण्डवोंका अपमान करता है तथा अपने-आपको कृतार्थ मान रहा है
kṛtārtham atha cātmānaṁ manyate kālacoditaḥ |
Sañjaya said: Driven on by Time (fate), Duryodhana deems himself successful. Having obtained the support of this entire host of kings and the foremost of chariot-warriors—Droṇācārya, Kṛpācārya, Bhūriśravā, Jayadratha, and Karṇa—he now insults the Pāṇḍavas, imagining that his cause has been fulfilled. The verse underscores how pride and contempt arise when power is mistaken for righteousness, and how ‘Time’ is invoked to explain the momentum of war and delusion.
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