Shloka 336
काल एव समादत्ते पुनरेव यदृच्छया । धनंजय! काल ही इन सबकी जड़ है। संसारकी उत्पत्तिका बीज भी काल ही है और काल ही फिर अकस्मात् सबका संहार कर देता है
kāla eva samādatte punar eva yadṛcchayā | dhanañjaya! kālaḥ hī ināṁ sabkī jaṛa hai | saṁsārakī utpattikā bīja bhī kāla hī hai aura kāla hī phira akasmāt sabkā saṁhāra kara detā hai |
毗耶娑说道：“唯有时间将万物再度收摄——仿佛出于偶然。噢，檀那阇耶！时间是一切的根本：时间是世界生起的种子，而时间也会在毫无预兆之际，带来万有的毁灭。”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that Kāla (Time) is the ultimate causal power behind both creation and destruction. What appears ‘accidental’ to humans is, at a deeper level, the working of Time; therefore one should cultivate detachment, humility, and steadiness in dharma amid inevitable change.
Vyāsa addresses Arjuna (Dhanañjaya) and frames recent catastrophic events within a cosmic perspective: the rise and fall of beings and dynasties are governed by Kāla, which brings things forth and then suddenly withdraws them.