Shloka 30
उत्पातदर्शनम् — Portents and Kāla among the Vṛṣṇis
एकीभूतास्तत: सर्वे कालपर्यायचोदिता: । भोजान्धका महाराज शैनेयं पर्यवारयन्,महाराज! इतनेहीमें कालकी प्रेरणासे भोज और अन्धकवंशके समस्त वीरोंने एकमत होकर सात्यकिको चारों ओरसे घेर लिया
ekībhūtās tataḥ sarve kālaparyāyacoditāḥ | bhojāndhakā mahārāja śaineyaṃ paryavārayan ||
एकीभूतास्ततः सर्वे कालपर्यायचोदिताः । भोजान्धका महाराज शैनेयं पर्यवारयन् ॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights kāla as an overpowering force: when the ‘turning of Time’ drives people, even allied clans can become a single, destructive will. Ethically, it warns how collective passion and fatalism can erase discernment (viveka) and restraint, accelerating downfall.
In the Mausala Parva’s account of the Yādavas’ end, the Bhoja and Andhaka warriors, acting together under the compulsion of Time, encircle Śaineya—Sātyaki—signaling the escalation into internecine slaughter.