Shloka 3

Aśvamedha-dīkṣā, Vyāsa’s horse-release, and Arjuna’s departure with Gāṇḍīva (आश्वमेधिक-दीक्षा तथा हय-उत्सर्गः)

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच अहं पैलो5थ कौन्तेय याज्ञवल्क्यस्तथैव च । विधानं यद्‌ यथाकालं तत्‌ कर्तारो न संशय:,व्यासजीने कहा--कुन्तीनन्दन! जब यज्ञका समय आयेगा, उस समय मैं, पैल और याज्ञवल्क्य--ये सब आकर तुम्हारे यज्ञका सारा विधि-विधान सम्पन्न करेंगे; इसमें संशय नहीं है

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca: ahaṃ pailo ’tha kaunteya yājñavalkyas tathaiva ca | vidhānaṃ yad yathākālaṃ tat kartāro na saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

ヴィヤーサは言った。「クンティの子よ、祭祀のしかるべき時が来れば、我はパイラとヤージュニャヴァルキヤと共に赴き、定められた作法のすべてを時にかなって秩序正しく執り行う。疑いはない。」

Word by Word

व्यासःVyasa

उवाचsaid

अहम्I

पैलःPaila

अथand/then

कौन्तेयO son of Kunti

याज्ञवल्क्यःYajnavalkya

तथाlikewise

एवindeed/just

चand

विधानम्procedure/arrangement

यत्which/that

यथाas/according to

कालम्time (at the proper time)

तत्that

कर्तारःdoers/performers

नnot

संशयःdoubt

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Paila

Yājñavalkya

Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Aśvamedha-yajña (horse sacrifice)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous action (dharma) is to be performed according to proper procedure and proper timing, under the guidance of qualified authorities; such orderly observance sustains legitimacy and ethical kingship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa reassures Yudhiṣṭhira that when the time comes for the Aśvamedha sacrifice, eminent sages—Vyāsa himself, Paila, and Yājñavalkya—will arrive and conduct the ritual correctly, removing any uncertainty about its completion.