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Shloka 11

राजधर्मः—राष्ट्ररक्षणं, दण्डनीतिः, हयग्रीवोपाख्यानम्

Royal Duty: Protection, Penal Policy, and the Hayagrīva Exemplum

नाकालतो म्रियते जायते वा नाकालतो व्याहरते च बाल: । नाकालतो यौवनमभ्युपैति नाकालतो रोहति बीजमुप्तम्‌

na kālato mriyate jāyate vā na kālato vyāharate ca bālaḥ | na kālato yauvanam abhyupaiti na kālato rohati bījam uptam ||

قال فياسا: لا يموت أحد قبل الأجل المعيّن، ولا يولد أحد قبله؛ بل إن الطفل نفسه لا يبدأ الكلام قبل أوانه. وكذلك الشباب لا يأتي إلا في موسمه، والبذرة المزروعة لا تنبت إلا حين يحين وقتها. وهكذا تتكشف تحولات العالم تحت سلطان الزمان، فتعلّم الصبر والثبات عند مواجهة الربح والخسارة.

nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
akālataḥfrom untimeliness / before the proper time
akālataḥ:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootakāla
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
mriyatedies
mriyate:
TypeVerb
Rootmṛ
Formpresent indicative, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada
jāyateis born
jāyate:
TypeVerb
Rootjan
Formpresent indicative, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada
or
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
akālataḥfrom untimeliness / before the proper time
akālataḥ:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootakāla
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
vyāharatespeaks / utters
vyāharate:
TypeVerb
Rootvy-ā-hṛ
Formpresent indicative, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca
bālaḥa child
bālaḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootbāla
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
akālataḥfrom untimeliness / before the proper time
akālataḥ:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootakāla
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
yauvanamyouth / youthfulness
yauvanam:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootyauvana
Formneuter, nominative, singular
abhyupaiticomes on / is attained
abhyupaiti:
TypeVerb
Rootabhi-upa-i
Formpresent indicative, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
akālataḥfrom untimeliness / before the proper time
akālataḥ:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootakāla
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
rohatisprouts / grows
rohati:
TypeVerb
Rootruh
Formpresent indicative, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
bījamseed
bījam:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootbīja
Formneuter, nominative, singular
uptamsown
uptam:
TypeVerb
Rootvap
Formpast passive participle (kta), neuter, nominative, singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
K
kāla (Time)
B
bāla (child)
B
bīja (seed)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches the sovereignty of kāla (time): birth, death, speech, maturation, and growth occur only when their proper time arrives. Ethically, it encourages patience, acceptance, and steadiness rather than anxiety over outcomes that cannot be forced.

In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa delivers an instruction emphasizing that life-events unfold according to time’s order. He illustrates this with everyday examples—child development, the onset of youth, and a seed’s sprouting—to ground a moral lesson in observable nature.