Or it may be, O Sanjaya, that all this had been predestined by the Creator; and what is pre-ordained by him must happen as ordained and can not be other wise.
अथवा भाव्यमेवं हि संजयैतेन सर्वथा। पुरा धात्रा यथा सृष्टं तत् तथा नैतदन्यथा॥