Shloka 8
राजधर्मः—राष्ट्ररक्षणं, दण्डनीतिः, हयग्रीवोपाख्यानम्
Royal Duty: Protection, Penal Policy, and the Hayagrīva Exemplum
कालेन शीघ्रा: प्रवहन्ति वाता: कालेन वृष्टिर्जलदानुपैति । कालेन पद्मोत्पलवज्जलं च कालेन पुष्यन्ति वनेषु वृक्षा:
kālena śīghrāḥ pravahanti vātāḥ kālena vṛṣṭir jaladānupaiti | kālena padmotpalavaj jalaṃ ca kālena puṣyanti vaneṣu vṛkṣāḥ ||
ヴィヤーサは言った。「時にかなって疾風は走り、時にかなって雨雲は来たりて水を注ぐ。時にかなって水中には蓮華と青蓮華が生じ、時にかなって森の樹々は力を得て繁茂する。かくして世の秩序は『時』により統べられる。ゆえに賢者は、焦りや絶望に身を委ねず、定められたその律動に己を調えるのだ。」
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Time (kāla) regulates all processes in the world—winds, rains, growth, and fruition—so one should cultivate patience and act in harmony with the proper season and circumstance rather than forcing outcomes.
Vyāsa illustrates a moral point through natural examples: just as seasonal forces bring wind, rain, lotus-bloom, and the strengthening of trees, so too human affairs unfold according to time; this supports counsel toward steadiness and acceptance within dharmic life.