Shloka 13
कालस्य च हि मृत्योश्व॒ जड़मस्थावरस्य च | ईशते भगवानेक: सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते,मैं आपसे यह सच कहता हूँ कि एकमात्र भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण ही काल, मृत्यु तथा चराचर जगतके स्वामी एवं शासक हैं
kālasya ca hi mṛtyoś ca jaḍam asthāvarasya ca | īśate bhagavān ekaḥ satyam etad bravīmi te ||
Sañjaya nói: Quả thật, ta nói với ngài điều này—chỉ có một Đấng Chúa Tể duy nhất cai quản Thời gian và Tử thần, và cũng cai quản cả thế giới hữu động lẫn vô tri, bất động.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that a single supreme Lord governs even the most absolute forces—Time and Death—and also the entire insentient and immovable order. Ethically, it urges humility and right judgment: human plans and fears must be measured against a higher sovereignty, encouraging surrender of ego and steadiness in dharmic action.
In Udyoga Parva’s pre-war deliberations, Sañjaya speaks as a messenger/observer conveying grave counsel. Here he affirms the supreme lordship of Bhagavān—understood in context as Śrī Kṛṣṇa—framing the unfolding conflict within a cosmic order where divine governance surpasses temporal power and mortal threat.