Shloka 25

जयद्रथ-निग्रहः — Jayadratha Restrained, Shamed, and Released

Devanagari script

हलस्य करणे चापि व्यादिष्टा: सर्वशिल्पिन: । यथोक्तं च नृपश्रेष्ठ कृतं सर्व यथाक्रमम्‌

Transliteration

halasya karaṇe cāpi vyādiṣṭāḥ sarvaśilpinaḥ | yathoktaṃ ca nṛpaśreṣṭha kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ yathākramam ||

Translation

Auch alle Handwerker wurden angewiesen, den Pflug anzufertigen. O Bester der Könige, alles wurde genau nach Weisung ausgeführt, und die gesamte Arbeit wurde in gebührender Ordnung vollendet.

Word by Word

• हलस्य: of the plough
• हलस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हल
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• करणे: in the making
• करणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: करण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• व्यादिष्टाः: were ordered/commanded
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आ-√दिश्
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic sense)/Past participle usage, Passive (PPP), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वशिल्पिनः: all the craftsmen
• सर्वशिल्पिनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-शिल्पिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यथा: as/according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• उक्तम्: said/commanded
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (उक्त)
• Form: Past participle (PPP), Passive, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• नृपश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कृतम्: done/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (कृत)
• Form: Past participle (PPP), Passive, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as/according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• क्रमम्: order/sequence
• क्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• plough (hala)
• craftsmen/artisans (śilpinaḥ)
• king (nṛpa, addressed as nṛpaśreṣṭha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights orderly execution of authority: skilled labor, when directed by command, produces results efficiently and in sequence. Ethically, it invites reflection on how competence and obedience can be harnessed for any ruler’s aims, making discernment and responsibility important beyond mere compliance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that the king instructed all artisans to undertake the making of a plough, and they completed the entire task exactly as ordered, step by step and in proper order.