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

“พ่อบ้าน (กษัตตา) จงจัดการโดยเร็ว ให้ผู้คนทั้งปวงมีความสุขด้วยอาหารอันพร้อมสรรพ และให้ผู้ที่มาถึงมณฑปยัญพิธีทั้งหลายได้อิ่มเอมโดยฉับพลัน”

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

Cross References

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.