एतस्मिन्नंतरे राजा कालधर्ममुपागतः । आनर्ताधिपतिर्युद्धे हतः पुत्रैः समन्वितः
etasminnaṃtare rājā kāladharmamupāgataḥ | ānartādhipatiryuddhe hataḥ putraiḥ samanvitaḥ
اسی دوران بادشاہ نے کال دھرم کو پا لیا، یعنی موت آ گئی۔ آنرت کا حاکم جنگ میں اپنے بیٹوں سمیت مارا گیا۔
Narrator (contextual; within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya dialogue)
Scene: A battlefield scene: the Ānarta king and his sons fallen; banners torn, dust and twilight; in the distance, the calm of a sacred landscape contrasts with the chaos of war, underscoring Kāla’s rule.
Even kings are bound by kāla (Time); worldly power is impermanent, so one should anchor life in dharma and sacred merit.
The verse is narrative context within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra stream of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
None; it provides moral-historical context emphasizing mortality.
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