Shloka 54
कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च
Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation
मुहूर्तमपि चैवाहुरेक॑ं सन््तमनेकधा । त॑ कालमिति जानीहि यस्य सर्वमिदं वशे
muhūrtam api caivāhur ekaṃ santam anekadhā | taṃ kālam iti jānīhi yasya sarvam idaṃ vaśe ||
Wika ni Śakra: “Sinasabi nilang kahit ang isang muhūrta ay iisang katotohanan, subalit lumilitaw sa maraming anyo. Kilalanin mo iyon bilang Panahon—na sa ilalim ng kapangyarihan nito, nakatindig ang buong daigdig.”
श॒क्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Time (Kāla) is a single underlying reality that manifests as many divisions and experiences; recognizing everything as being under Time’s dominion encourages humility, detachment, and steadiness in dharmic action.
Śakra (Indra) instructs the listener in a reflective, philosophical mode typical of the Śānti Parva, pointing to Kāla as the overarching power that governs all phenomena, even what seems like a small ‘moment’ and its many perceived forms.