Shloka 97
द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake
अपूजयदमेयात्मा युयुत्सुं वाक्यमब्रवीत् | प्राप्तकालमिदं सर्व ब्रुवता भरतक्षये
apūjayad ameyātmā yuyutsuṁ vākyam abravīt | prāptakālam idaṁ sarvaṁ bruvatā bharatakṣaye ||
Sañjaya said: The noble-hearted one, of immeasurable spirit, honored Yuyutsu and then spoke these words: “All this has come at the appointed time,” he said, as the Bharatas moved toward their destruction. The verse underscores the grim inevitability of war’s culmination and frames the ensuing counsel as timely, duty-bound speech amid a collapsing lineage.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid catastrophic conflict, speech and action should be timely and grounded in dharma: respect is shown first, then counsel is offered with awareness that events have reached their destined culmination (kāla).
Sañjaya narrates that a great person first honors Yuyutsu and then addresses him, remarking that the situation has reached its decisive moment, set against the backdrop of the Bharata/Kuru line’s impending ruin in the war.