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Mahabharata · 7.115.1–2
॥
Дхритараштра
Devanāgarī
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
अहन्य् अहनि मे दीप्तं यशः पतति संजय ॥
हता मे बहवो योधा मन्ये कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥
धनंजयस् तु संक्रुद्धः प्रविष्टो मामकं बलम् ॥
रक्षितं द्रोणकर्णाभ्याम् अप्रवेश्यं सुरैर् अपि ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
ahany ahani me dīptaṃ yaśaḥ patati saṃjaya ||
hatā me bahavo yodhā manye kālasya paryayam ||
dhanaṃjayas tu saṃkruddhaḥ praviṣṭo māmakaṃ balam ||
rakṣitaṃ droṇakarṇābhyām apraveśyaṃ surair api ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अहनि अहनि मे दीप्तम्ahani ahani me dīptamday [by] day my blazing; day by day my shining
यशः पतति संजयyaśaḥ patati saṃjayaglory falls, Sanjaya; glory droops, Sanjaya
हताः मे बहवः योधाःhatāḥ me bahavaḥ yodhāḥslain, my many warriors; many of my warriors are slain
मन्ये कालस्य पर्ययम्manye kālasya paryayamI think — Time's turning; I suppose — a turn of Time
धनंजयः तु संक्रुद्धःdhanaṃjayaḥ tu saṃkruddhaḥDhananjaya, however, enraged; Dhananjaya, however, furious
प्रविष्टः मामकम् बलम्praviṣṭaḥ māmakam balamentered my army; penetrated my army
रक्षितम् द्रोणकर्णाभ्याम्rakṣitam droṇakarṇābhyāmguarded by Drona and Karna; guarded by Drona and Karna
अप्रवेश्यम् सुरैः अपिapraveśyam suraiḥ apiimpassable even for the gods; impassable even for the gods
Translation
"Day by day my blazing glory falls, Sanjaya; many of my warriors are slain — I think it is Time's turning. But Dhananjaya, enraged, has entered my army, guarded by Drona and Karna, impassable even for the gods."
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The king watches his glory set and calls it "Time's turning" — but Time only reveals the ripened fruit of unrighteousness. It is telling that an army thought impassable even to the gods is breached by one resolved man: the stronghold of an unjust cause is never secure. The verse teaches that outward invincibility does not save when the foundation has rotted; glory grown on wrong crumbles day by day, however heavily it is fortified.