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धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणरथारोহণं सात्यकेः प्रतिरक्षणं च | Dhrishtadyumna Boards Droṇa’s Chariot; Sātyaki’s Counter-Protection
भाग्यहीनस्य कालेन यथा मे नीयसे बलात् । हा पुत्र! मैं बड़ा भाग्यहीन हूँ। निरन्तर तुम्हें देखते रहनेपर भी मुझे तृप्ति नहीं होती थी, तो भी काल आज बलपूर्वक तुम्हें मुझसे छीनकर लिये जा रहा है
bhāgyahīnasya kālena yathā me nīyase balāt | hā putra! ahaṃ baḍā bhāgyahīna hūṃ | nirantara tvāṃ dṛṣṭvāpi mama tṛptir na bhavati sma, tathāpi kālo ’dya balapūrvakaṃ tvāṃ mattaḥ chitvā nīyate |
भाग्यहीनस्य कालेन यथा मे नीयसे बलात् । हा पुत्र! अहं महाभाग्यहीनः। निरन्तरं त्वां पश्यन्नपि न तृप्तिमवापम्; अद्य तु कालो बलवान् मामभिभूय त्वां मत्तः छित्वा नयति॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s recurring ethic of impermanence: even deep love and constant presence cannot secure what Time (kāla) claims. It cautions against clinging and highlights the inevitability of loss amid war and mortality.
Sañjaya, overwhelmed by sorrow, addresses his son and laments that although he could never feel fully satisfied even by continually seeing him, Time/Death now forcibly separates them—an expression of personal grief set against the larger devastation of the Kurukṣetra war.