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
vyāsa uvāca rājān parītakālāste putrāścānye ca pārthivāḥ | te hiṃsantīva saṅgrāme samāsādya itaretaram ||
ວະຍາສະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ເວລາແຫ່ງຄວາມຕາຍທີ່ຖືກກຳນົດໄວ້ ໄດ້ມາຮອດເຫນືອບຸດຂອງພະອົງ ແລະເຫນືອບັນດາກະສັດອື່ນໆ ດ້ວຍ. ເມື່ອພົບກັນໃນສະໜາມຮົບ ພວກເຂົາຢືນພ້ອມທີ່ຈະຟັນ ແລະຖືກຟັນ—ມຸ່ງໝາຍທຳລາຍກັນແລະກັນ»។
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the convergence of kāla (time/fate) and human action: when destructive intent ripens, war becomes a field where moral responsibility and inevitable consequence meet. It warns that violence, once embraced, draws all parties toward ruin.
Vyāsa addresses the blind king (implied Dhṛtarāṣṭra), declaring that the death-hour has arrived for his sons and other kings. On the battlefield they have confronted each other and are poised for mutual slaughter, signaling the war’s irreversible onset.