Shloka 14

आदि पर्व — अध्याय 39: तक्षक–काश्यप संवादः, न्यग्रोधसंजीवनम्, पारिक्षितोपायः

Devanagari script

जरत्कारुर्यदा भायमभिच्छेद्‌ वरयितु प्रभु: । शीघ्रमेत्य तदाख्येयं तन्न: श्रेयो भविष्यति,और यह कहा--'सामर्थ्यशाली जरत्कारु मुनि जब पत्नीका वरण करना चाहें, उस समय शीघ्र आकर यह बात मुझे सूचित करनी चाहिये। उसीसे हमलोगोंका कल्याण होगा”

Transliteration

Elāpatra uvāca |

jaratkārur yadā bhāryām abhicched varayituṁ prabhuḥ |

śīghram etya tad ākhyeyaṁ tan naḥ śreyo bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

Elāpatra dit : «Lorsque le sage Jaratkāru, si capable, décidera de chercher une épouse et de la choisir, vous devrez venir promptement m’en informer. Cet avis donné à temps sera le moyen de notre salut.»

Word by Word

जरत्कारुःJaratkāru (the sage)

यदाwhen

भार्याम्a wife

अभिच्छेत्should desire/seek (to obtain)

वरयितुम्to choose, to wed

प्रभुःthe capable one, lord (i.e., the sage)

शीघ्रम्quickly

एत्यhaving come

तत्that (matter)

आख्येयम्is to be told/informed

तत्that

नःof us/for us

श्रेयःwelfare, good

भविष्यतिwill be

Speaker

एलापत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Elāpatra

Jaratkāru

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Timely communication and decisive action in matters of dharma—especially marriage undertaken for lineage and ancestral welfare—can become the direct cause of collective good (śreyas).

What is happening in the narrative?

Elāpatra instructs that when the sage Jaratkāru is ready to choose a wife, the news must be reported immediately, because that event is crucial for the welfare of their group (implicitly tied to lineage and the fate of their kin).