Shloka 81
कालो हादृश्यो नृप विप्रकोपा- न्लिदर्शयन् कर्णवधं ब्रुवाण: । भूमिस्तु चक्र ग्रसतीत्यवोचत्- कर्णस्य तस्मिन् वधकाल आगते,नरेश्वरर उस समय काल अदृश्य रहकर ब्राह्मणके क्रोधसे कर्णके वधकी सूचना देता हुआ उसकी मृत्युका समय उपस्थित होनेपर इस प्रकार बोला--“अब भूमि तुम्हारे पहियेको निगलना ही चाहती है”
kālo hādṛśyo nṛpa viprakopān nidarśayan karṇavadhaṃ bruvāṇaḥ | bhūmistu cakraṃ grasatītyavocat karṇasya tasmin vadhakāla āgate ||
三阇耶说道：“大王啊，时间（迦罗）隐而不见，却仿佛在指示迦尔那注定的被杀——此命运由一位婆罗门的愤怒所引发。待其死期已至，它便如此说道：‘如今，大地本身要吞没你的车轮。’”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames Karṇa’s end as the convergence of Time (kāla) and the moral force of a brāhmaṇa’s wrath/curse: actions and their consequences ripen inevitably, and even great warriors are subject to fate shaped by ethical causality.
Sañjaya narrates that at the very moment destined for Karṇa’s death, an unseen ‘Time’ announces the fatal sign: the earth will seize (swallow) Karṇa’s chariot wheel—an omen and practical impediment that leaves him vulnerable in battle.