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.
桑阇耶说道：“确实，在这大地上无人能摆脱时间的攫取。正因如此，难敌纵然目睹己军覆灭，仍然为战而立——你看他。今日，犹提士提罗王将成为无敌之人。至于我，我不指望此间有人得以幸免；我只思量他人的结局。那些因傲慢而沉醉、今日不肯离开战斗的，噢，奎师那，他们正奔向自己的终末。”
संजय उवाच
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.