Shloka 35

धृतराष्ट्रस्य पश्चात्तापः तथा वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse and Request for Forest-Retirement

Devanagari script

सर्वे त्वौपयिका: काला: कार्याणां भरतर्षभ । तथैवालंकृतः काले तिष्ठेथा भूरिदक्षिण,प्रचुर दक्षिणा देनेवाले भरतश्रेष्ठ! काम करनेके लिये सभी समय उपयोगी हैं तथा तुम्हें समय-समयपर सुन्दर वस्त्राभूषणोंसे अलंकृत रहना चाहिये

Transliteration

sarve tv aupayikāḥ kālāḥ kāryāṇāṃ bharatarṣabha | tathaivālaṅkṛtaḥ kāle tiṣṭhethā bhūridakṣiṇa ||

Translation

सर्वे त्वौपयिकाः कालाः कार्याणां भरतर्षभ। तथैवालङ्कृतः काले तिष्ठेथा भूरिदक्षिण॥

Word by Word

सर्वेall

तुbut/indeed

उपयिकाःuseful/suitable

कालाःtimes/occasions

कार्याणाम्of tasks/works

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas (best of Bharatas)

तथाthus/so

एवindeed/just

अलंकृतःadorned/decorated

कालेin/at the proper time

तिष्ठेथाःyou should stand/remain

भूरिदक्षिणO one of abundant gifts (very generous one)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bharatarṣabha (honorific for a Bharata prince/king)

Bhūridakṣiṇa (epithet: giver of abundant gifts)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should treat every moment as suitable for fulfilling one’s responsibilities, and maintain appropriate outward discipline—such as proper dress and adornment—so that one’s conduct matches the demands of time, place, and duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a Bharata leader with counsel on practical dharma: all times can be used for necessary work, and the person addressed should also remain suitably adorned at the proper times, consistent with their role and the expectations of the occasion.