कालस्त्वयं प्रत्युययाति दारुणो दुर्योधनो युद्धमुपागमद् यत्
kālas tv ayaṃ pratyuyayāti dāruṇo duryodhano yuddham upāgamad yat
Sañjaya nói: “Thời gian nghiệt ngã và không khoan nhượng này đang quay lại giáng xuống chúng ta; bởi Duryodhana đã tiến vào chiến trận.”
संजय उवाच
The verse frames war not only as human strategy but as the working of Kāla (Time/fate): once a leader chooses the path of violence and pride, consequences return with harsh inevitability. It underscores moral causality—decisions ripen into unavoidable outcomes.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the situation has become dire: a dreadful turn of events is unfolding because Duryodhana has gone forward into the battle, signaling escalation and the nearing of catastrophic results.