Shloka 12
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 73 — Kr̥ṣṇa’s Appraisal of Bhīma’s Altered Temper and Reaffirmation of Martial Resolve
असुराणां समृद्धानां ज्वलतामिव तेजसा । पर्यायकाले धर्मस्य प्राप्त कलिरजायत
asurāṇāṁ samṛddhānāṁ jvalatām iva tejasā | paryāyakāle dharmasya prāpte kalir ajāyata ||
Bhima disse: “Assim como, entre os Asuras prósperos, ardendo em poder, surgiu uma contenda terrível quando o ciclo se voltou e chegou o tempo em que o Dharma declina, do mesmo modo, quando a era se aproximou do fim, kshatriyas vis e ruinosos manifestaram-se em muitas linhagens reais.”
भीम उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power and prosperity, when ungoverned by dharma, become conditions for discord; as the moral order turns (paryāya), ‘kali’—quarrel and degeneration—naturally arises, corrupting even royal lineages.
Bhima frames the present crisis as a symptom of a larger moral and temporal turning: like the Asuras who fell into internecine conflict at the decline of dharma, destructive rulers appear in various dynasties as the age darkens, setting the stage for widespread upheaval.