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Shloka 20

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

“निश्चय ही इस पृथ्वीपर किसीको भी कालसे छुटकारा नहीं मिलता, तभी तो इस प्रकार अपनी सेनाका संहार होनेपर भी दुर्योधन युद्धके लिये खड़ा है, उसे देखिये। आजके दिन महाराज युधिष्ठिर शत्रुहीन हो जायँगे ।।

niścaya hi asmin pṛthivyāṁ kasyacid api kālāt mucyate na; tasmād evaṁ svāṁ senāṁ saṁhṛtām api dṛṣṭvā duryodhanaḥ yuddhāya tiṣṭhati—taṁ paśyata. adya dine mahārāja yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śatru-hīnaḥ bhaviṣyati. na hi me mokṣyate kaścit pareṣām iha cintaye; ye tv adya samaraṁ kṛṣṇa na hāsyanti madotkaṭāḥ.

Sañjaya nói: “Quả thật, trên cõi đất này không ai thoát khỏi nắm giữ của Thời Gian. Bởi vậy Duryodhana, dù đã thấy quân mình bị diệt, vẫn đứng sẵn cho chiến trận—hãy nhìn hắn. Hôm nay, vua Yudhiṣṭhira sẽ trở thành người không còn kẻ thù. Còn ta, ta chẳng mong ai ở đây được tha; ta chỉ nghĩ đến số phận của kẻ khác. Những kẻ say men kiêu mạn, hôm nay không chịu rời bỏ chiến trường, hỡi Kṛṣṇa, đang lao về tận số của mình.”

नहिnot
नहि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनहि
मेof me / my
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
मोक्ष्यतेwill be released / will escape
मोक्ष्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootमुच्
FormFuture, Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular
कश्चित्anyone
कश्चित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
परेषाम्of others / of the enemies
परेषाम्:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपर
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
चिन्तयेI think / I consider
चिन्तये:
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्त्
FormPresent, Atmanepada, 1st, Singular
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तुbut / indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
समरम्battle
समरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसमर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कृष्णO Krishna
कृष्ण:
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootकृष्ण
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
हास्यन्तिwill abandon / will give up
हास्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootहा
FormFuture, Parasmaipada, 3rd, Plural
मदोत्कटाःfierce with intoxication/pride
मदोत्कटाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootमद-उत्कट
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
D
Duryodhana
Y
Yudhishthira
K
Krishna
K
Kāla (Time/Death)
P
Pṛthivī (Earth)
A
Army (senā)
B
Battle (samara/yuddha)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the inevitability of Kāla (Time/Death): no one escapes it. It also critiques mada (pride) that drives warriors to persist in violence even when ruin is evident, contrasting cosmic inevitability with human delusion and stubbornness.

Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that despite catastrophic losses, Duryodhana still stands ready to fight. He foresees that the day will end with Yudhishthira effectively free of enemies, as those who refuse to withdraw from battle out of pride will be destroyed.