तथान्यान् अपि निघ्नन्तं युयुधानं समन्ततः ॥
अभ्यधावद् धृषीकेशो विनिवारयिषुस् तदा ॥
एकीभूतास् ततः सर्वे कालपर्यायचोदिताः ॥
भोजान्धका महाराज शैनेयं पर्यवारयन् ॥
तान् दृष्ट्वा पततस् तूर्णम् अभिक्रुद्धाञ् जनार्दनः ॥
न चुक्रोध महातेजा जानन् कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥
ते तु पानमदाविष्टाश् चोदिताश् चैव मन्युना ॥
युयुधानम् अथाभ्यघ्नन्न् उच्छिष्टैर् भाजनैस् तदा ॥
हन्यमाने तु शैनेये क्रुद्धो रुक्मिणिनन्दनः ॥
तदन्तरम् उपाधावन् मोक्षयिष्यञ् शिनेः सुतम् ॥
स भोजैः सह संयुक्तः सात्यकिश् चान्धकैः सह ॥
बहुत्वान् निहतौ तत्र उभौ कृष्णस्य पश्यतः ॥
tathānyān api nighnantaṃ yuyudhānaṃ samantataḥ ||
abhyadhāvad dhṛṣīkeśo vinivārayiṣus tadā ||
ekībhūtās tataḥ sarve kālaparyāyacoditāḥ ||
bhojāndhakā mahārāja śaineyaṃ paryavārayan ||
tān dṛṣṭvā patatas tūrṇam abhikruddhāñ janārdanaḥ ||
na cukrodha mahātejā jānan kālasya paryayam ||
te tu pānamadāviṣṭāś coditāś caiva manyunā ||
yuyudhānam athābhyaghnann ucchiṣṭair bhājanais tadā ||
hanyamāne tu śaineye kruddho rukmiṇinandanaḥ ||
tadantaram upādhāvan mokṣayiṣyañ śineḥ sutam ||
sa bhojaiḥ saha saṃyuktaḥ sātyakiś cāndhakaiḥ saha ||
bahutvān nihatau tatra ubhau kṛṣṇasya paśyataḥ ||
Hṛṣīkeśa rushed forward then, wishing to restrain Yuyudhāna, who was slaying others on every side. Then all the Bhojas and Andhakas, uniting together and impelled by the reversal of time, surrounded Śaineya, O great king. Seeing them charging swiftly, enraged, Janārdana did not become enraged — the greatly powerful one — for he knew the reversal of time. They, however, seized by intoxication and driven by wrath, struck Yuyudhāna with remnants of food and vessels. When Śaineya was being slain, the enraged son of Rukmiṇī, Pradyumna, rushed forward at that moment to save the son of Śini. He, engaging the Bhojas, and Sātyaki, engaging the Andhakas, were both slain there by force of numbers, before the eyes of Krishna.
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The heart of the passage lies in these words: "Janārdana did not become enraged, knowing the reversal of time." In the midst of universal madness the Lord alone remains unperturbed, for He is the master of Time and not its subject; the destruction of the clan unfolds according to His own knowledge, as the conclusion of His līlā. The fall of Sātyaki and Pradyumna, slain by the mob before Krishna's eyes, takes place not against His will but within His inscrutable sanction. The Lord, unlike the passion-blinded mortals, is undisturbed before the denouement, for He knows it as His own decree; and His non-intervention in the death of those dear to Him is not indifference or powerlessness but the calm assent of the Master of Time, who executes the hidden design of His earthly play's conclusion.