Shloka 24
सो<यं मां समनुप्राप्त: प्रत्यक्ष भवतां हि यः । पृथिवीं पालयित्वाहमेतां निष्ठामुपागत:,“वही यह विनाशका समय अब मुझे भी प्राप्त हुआ है, जिसे आपलोग प्रत्यक्ष देख रहे हैं। एक दिन मैं सारी पृथ्वीका पालन करता था और आज इस अवस्थाको पहुँच गया हूँ
so ’yaṁ māṁ samanuprāptaḥ pratyakṣaṁ bhavatāṁ hi yaḥ | pṛthivīṁ pālayitvāham etāṁ niṣṭhām upāgataḥ ||
Санджая сказал: «И этот самый час гибели пришёл и ко мне — вы видите это собственными глазами. Когда-то я правил и оберегал всю эту землю; ныне же доведён до такого последнего состояния.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the impermanence of worldly power: even one who once protected and ruled the earth can swiftly be reduced to a helpless end-state. It invites ethical reflection on humility, detachment, and the limits of sovereignty amid the devastation of war.
Sañjaya speaks of a visible, present calamity—an approaching ruin that has now reached him too. He contrasts his former status as a protector-ruler of the earth with his current fallen condition, highlighting the catastrophic reversal brought about by the war.