SB 1.9.15

TEXT 15

TEXT

यत्र धर्मसुतो राजा गदापाणिर्वृकोदरः ।
कृष्णो ऽस्त्री गाण्डिवं चापं सुहृत्कृष्णस्ततो विपत् ॥ १५ ॥

yatra dharma-suto raja

gada-panir vrkodaraḥ

krsno 'stri ganḍivam capam

suhrt krsnas tato vipat

yatra-where there is; dharma-sutaḥ-the son of Dharmaraja; raja-the king; gada-paniḥ-hands with his mighty club; vrkodaraḥ-Bhima; krsnaḥ-Arjuna; astri-carrier of the weapon; ganḍivam-Ganḍiva; capam-arrows; suhrt-well-wisher; krsnaḥ-Lord Krsna, the Personality of Godhead; tataḥ-thereof; vipat-reverse.

TRANSLATION

O how wonderful is the influence of inevitable time. It is irreversible-otherwise, how can there be reverses in the presence of King Yudhisthira, the son of the demigod controlling religion, Bhima, the great fighter with a club, the great bowman Arjuna with his mighty weapon Ganḍiva, and above all, the Lord, the direct well-wisher of the Panḍavas?

PURPORT

As far as material or spiritual resources were required, there was no scarcity in the case of the Panḍavas. Materially they were well equipped because two great warriors, namely Bhima and Arjuna, were there. Spiritually the King himself was the symbol of religion, and above all of them the Personality of Godhead Lord Sri Krsna was personally concerned with their affairs as the well-wisher. And yet there were so many reverses on the side of the Panḍavas. Despite the power of pious acts, the power of personalities, the power of expert management and the power of weapons under the direct supervision of Lord Krsna, the Panḍavas suffered so many practical reverses, which can only be explained as due to the influence of kala, the inevitable time. Kala is identical with the Lord Himself, and therefore the influence of kala indicates the inexplicable wish of the Lord Himself. There is nothing to be lamented when a matter is beyond the control of any human being.

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