Shloka 16

Devanagari script

एवमीदृशकं स्वप्न द्रक्ष्यसि त्वं विशाम्पते । मा तत्कृते हानुध्याहि कालो हि दुरतिक्रम:,“राजन! तुम्हें इस प्रकार ऐसा स्वप्न दिखायी देगा, किंतु उसके लिये तुम्हें चिन्ता नहीं करनी चाहिये; क्योंकि काल सबके लिये दुर्लडघ है

Transliteration

evamīdṛśakaṃ svapnaṃ drakṣyasi tvaṃ viśāmpate | mā tatkṛte hānudhyāhi kālo hi duratikramaḥ ||

Translation

ହେ ପ୍ରଜାପତେ! ତୁମେ ଏହିପରି ସ୍ୱପ୍ନ ଦେଖିବ। କିନ୍ତୁ ତାହା ପାଇଁ ଚିନ୍ତା କରନି; କାରଣ କାଳକୁ ଅତିକ୍ରମ କରିବା କାହା ପାଇଁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଦୁର୍ଲଭ।

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

ईदृशकम्such (of this kind)

स्वप्नम्dream

द्रक्ष्यसिyou will see

त्वम्you

विशाम्of the people, of the subjects

पतेO lord

माdo not

तत्by/for that (on account of that)

कृतेin the matter of; for the sake of

हाalas

अनुध्याहिbrood over, grieve, worry

कालःtime, fate

हिindeed, for

दुरतिक्रमःhard to overcome, insurmountable

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

viśāmpati (the king addressed)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse counsels restraint in anxiety: even if an ominous dream is seen, one should not be consumed by worry, because Kāla (Time/fate) moves irresistibly and cannot be easily resisted by human agitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a king, foretelling that he will see a dream of a particular kind and advising him not to brood over it, emphasizing the overpowering, unavoidable nature of Time.