Shloka 22

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament on Kāla and Daiva after Draupadī’s Recovery (आरण्यक पर्व, अध्याय २५७)

Devanagari script

यथा सुखी जन: सर्व: क्षत्त: स्यादन्नसंयुत: । तुष्येत्‌ तु यज्ञसदने तथा क्षिप्रं विधीयताम्‌,'भैया! शीघ्र ऐसी व्यवस्था करो, जिससे इस यज्ञमण्डपमें पधारे हुए सभी लोग खान- पानसे संतुष्ट एवं सुखी हों”

Transliteration

yathā sukhī janaḥ sarvaḥ kṣattaḥ syād annasaṁyutaḥ | tuṣyet tu yajñasadane tathā kṣipraṁ vidhīyatām ||

Translation

“ಕ್ಷತ್ತಾ! ಬೇಗನೆ ಅಂಥ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಮಾಡು—ಇಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಅನ್ನಪಾನಗಳಿಂದ ಸಮೃದ್ಧರಾಗಿ ಸುಖಿಯಾಗಿರಲಿ; ಯಜ್ಞಸದನಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ತಕ್ಷಣ ತೃಪ್ತರಾಗಲಿ.”

Word by Word

यथाas, in such a way that

सुखीhappy, content

जनःpeople, person(s)

सर्वःall, entire

क्षत्तःO chamberlain/steward

स्यात्may be, should be

अन्नfood

संयुतःprovided/combined with, furnished with

तुष्येत्may be satisfied, should be pleased

तुbut, indeed

यज्ञsacrifice, ritual

सदनेin the hall/abode

तथाso, in that manner

क्षिप्रम्quickly

विधीयताम्let it be arranged/done

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

kṣattā (steward)

yajñasadana (sacrificial hall)

anna (food)

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?

That dharma in a ritual setting includes prompt, practical care for people—especially feeding and satisfying all attendees. A sacrifice is incomplete if guests and participants are neglected.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates an instruction directed to the kṣattā (the steward/organizer) to quickly make arrangements so that everyone present in the sacrificial hall is supplied with food and becomes content.