Shloka 11

नाकालतो म्रियते जायते वा नाकालतो व्याहरते च बाल: । नाकालतो यौवनमभ्युपैति नाकालतो रोहति बीजमुप्तम्‌,बालक समय आये बिना न जन्म लेता है, न मरता है और न असमयमें बोलता ही है। बिना समयके जवानी नहीं आती और बिना समयके बोया हुआ बीज भी नहीं उगता है

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

Vyāsa berkata—tak seorang pun mati sebelum waktunya, dan tak seorang pun lahir sebelum waktunya; seorang anak pun tidak mulai berbicara sebelum saatnya. Masa muda datang pada waktunya, dan benih yang ditanam pun bertunas ketika waktunya tiba. Maka perubahan dunia berlangsung di bawah kuasa waktu; karena itu, dalam untung dan rugi hendaknya orang tetap sabar dan teguh.

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.