Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एवं सर्व विनिश्ित्य व्यवसायं स्वधर्मत: । यथाकाल मनुष्येन्द्र चिरेंं सुखमवाप्स्यसि,“नरेन्द्र! इस प्रकार अपने धर्मके अनुकूल सम्पूर्ण कर्तव्यका निश्चय करके यथासमय उसका पालन करोगे, तो दीर्घकालतक सुख भोगोगे'

Transliteration

evaṁ sarvaṁ viniścitya vyavasāyaṁ svadharmataḥ | yathākālaṁ manuṣyendra cireṇa sukham avāpsyasi ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O best of men, having thus fully determined your course of action in accordance with your own dharma, and carrying it out at the proper time, you will in the long run attain happiness.”

Word by Word

एवम्thus

सर्वम्all (everything)

विनिश्चित्यhaving ascertained/decided

व्यवसायम्resolve; undertaking; course of action

स्वधर्मतःfrom/according to one's own duty

यथाकालम्in due time; at the proper time

मनुष्येन्द्रO lord of men (king)

चिरेणfor a long time; after long (time)

सुखम्happiness; comfort

अवाप्स्यसिyou will obtain

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

manuṣyendra (addressed king)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should first make a clear, comprehensive decision about one’s duty (svadharma) and then act with disciplined timing (yathākāla). Such dharma-aligned, well-timed resolve is presented as the cause of lasting well-being rather than short-lived gain.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, narrating the events, delivers a counsel to a kingly figure (addressed as manuṣyendra), affirming that if he determines his obligations according to dharma and fulfills them at the appropriate time, he will attain enduring happiness.