Shloka 2

कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च

Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation

Devanagari script

श॒क्र उवाच यत्‌ तद्‌ यानसहस्रेण ज्ञातिभि: परिवारित: । लोकान्‌ प्रतापयन्‌ सर्वान्‌ यास्यस्मानवितर्कयन्‌

Transliteration

śakra uvāca yat tad yāna-sahasreṇa jñātibhiḥ parivāritaḥ | lokān pratāpayan sarvān yāsyasmān avitarkayan ||

Translation

ศักระกล่าวว่า—“ผู้นั้นซึ่งมีพาหนะนับพัน มีญาติพี่น้องรายล้อม ทำให้สรรพโลกสะท้านด้วยเดชานุภาพ บัดนี้จักจากเราไปโดยไม่ลังเลแม้แต่น้อย”

Word by Word

शक्रःŚakra (Indra)

उवाचsaid

यत्which/that (what)

तत्that

यानसहस्रेणwith a thousand vehicles

ज्ञातिभिःby/with kinsmen

परिवारितःsurrounded

लोकान्worlds/people

प्रतापयन्afflicting/overpowering; making feel his might

सर्वान्all

यास्यस्मान्we shall go

अवितर्कयन्not deliberating; without hesitation

Speaker

श॒क्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śakra (Indra)

kinsmen/relatives (jñātayaḥ)

worlds/realms (lokāḥ)

vehicles/conveyances (yānāni)

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?

Even immense worldly power—vast retinues, vehicles, and the ability to overawe entire realms—does not prevent separation and departure. The verse underscores impermanence and the need for inner steadiness rather than reliance on external grandeur.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakra (Indra) speaks about a prominent figure previously described as surrounded by relatives and great pomp, whose splendour impressed all worlds. Indra observes that this person will nonetheless leave ‘us’—a statement of impending departure and the inevitability of change.