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Shloka 386

Vāsudeva-Māhātmya: Duryodhana’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Theological Account of Keśava

प्रियं सखाय॑ चाक्रन्दे सखा दैवबलात्कृत: । इस युद्धमें दैवके वशीभूत होकर पिताने पुत्रको, पुत्रने पिताको और मित्रने प्रिय मित्रको मार डाला

priyaṃ sakhāyaṃ cākrande sakhā daivabalāt kṛtaḥ |

Sañjaya nói: “Một người bạn than khóc cho người bạn thân yêu—thế nhưng, bị sức mạnh của định mệnh lấn át, bạn bè bị khiến phải đối nghịch với nhau. Trong cuộc chiến này, bị số mệnh chế ngự, cha giết con, con giết cha, và bằng hữu hạ sát chính bằng hữu mà mình yêu quý nhất.”

priyamdear (friend)
priyam:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootpriya
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
sakhāyamfriend
sakhāyam:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootsakhā
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca
ākrandecried out / lamented
ākrande:
TypeVerb
Rootā-krand
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
sakhāa friend
sakhā:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootsakhā
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
daiva-bālātby/through the force of fate
daiva-bālāt:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootdaiva-bala
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
kṛtaḥmade / compelled (to be)
kṛtaḥ:
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
F
father
S
son
F
friend

Educational Q&A

War can invert natural bonds and duties: when people become overpowered by ‘daiva’ (fate/impersonal compulsion), even sacred relationships—parent-child and friendship—are violated, revealing the tragic ethical cost of conflict.

Sañjaya describes the Kurukṣetra battlefield’s horror: amid the fighting, grief erupts as loved ones confront and kill one another—fathers and sons, and even close friends—seemingly compelled by the force of destiny.