Shloka 39
कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च
Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation
परंतु यदि इस तरह काल मुझपर आक्रमण करके मेरे सिरपर सवार न होता तो मैं आज वज्ज लिये होनेपर भी तुम्हें केवल मुक्केसे मारकर धरतीपर गिरा देता ।।
na tu vikramakālo ’yaṃ śāntikālo ’yam āgataḥ | kālaḥ sthāpayate sarvaṃ kālaḥ pacati vai tathā ||
ແຕ່ນີ້ບໍ່ແມ່ນເວລາສະແດງວິລະກຳ; ເວລາແຫ່ງການອົດກັ້ນ ແລະ ສັນຕິພາບໄດ້ມາເຖິງແລ້ວ. ກາລະແຕ່ຜູ້ດຽວເທົ່ານັ້ນທີ່ຈັດວາງສັດທັງປວງໃຫ້ຢູ່ໃນສະພາບຕ່າງໆ ແລະ ກາລະແຕ່ຜູ້ດຽວກໍ “ປຸງສຸກ” ພວກເຂົາ—ນຳໃຫ້ສຸກງອມ ຖອຍຖອຍ ແລະ ລະລາຍສູນໄປ.
श॒क्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even great power must submit to Kāla (Time). Ethical action includes recognizing when restraint is more appropriate than displaying strength; Time governs rise, stability, and decline for all beings.
Indra explains that the present moment is not suited for heroic aggression but for peace. He frames his choice not as weakness but as alignment with the cosmic order in which Time determines circumstances and outcomes.