Shloka 42

Devanagari script

मन्ये न काल क्रोधस्य पश्यन्ति पतयस्तव । तेन त्वां नाभिधावन्ति गन्धर्वा: सूर्यवर्चस:,“मैं समझता हूँ, तुम्हारे सूर्य के समान तेजस्वी पति गन्धर्वगण अभी क्रोध करनेका अवसर नहीं देखते; इसीलिये तुम्हारे पास दौड़कर नहीं आ रहे हैं

Transliteration

manye na kālaḥ krodhasya paśyanti patayastava | tena tvāṁ nābhidhāvanti gandharvāḥ sūryavarcasaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “I think your Gandharva husbands, radiant like the sun, do not yet see this as the proper moment for wrath; therefore they are not rushing here to you.”

Word by Word

मन्येI think

नnot

कालम्the time/occasion

क्रोधस्यof anger

पश्यन्तिthey see/consider

पतयःhusbands/lords

तवyour

तेनtherefore/by that (reason)

त्वाम्you

नnot

अभिधावन्तिthey run towards/approach

गन्धर्वाःGandharvas

सूर्यवर्चसःsun-radiant, having the splendor of the sun

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Gandharvas

the (unnamed) woman addressed as 'you'

the Gandharva husbands ('patayaḥ')

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 highlights kāla—discernment of the right time—as an ethical restraint on krodha (anger). Even powerful beings should not act merely from emotion; they should judge whether the occasion truly calls for wrath and intervention.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator, Vaiśaṃpāyana, comments that the Gandharva husbands of the addressed woman are not coming to her aid because they do not yet perceive the situation as warranting anger or immediate action.