Shloka 14

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 29 — Suśarmā’s Counsel and the Coordinated Goharaṇa Plan

Devanagari script

एवं सर्व विनिश्ित्य व्यवसायं स्वधर्मत: । यथाकाल मनुष्येन्द्र चिरेंं सुखमवाप्स्यसि,“नरेन्द्र! इस प्रकार अपने धर्मके अनुकूल सम्पूर्ण कर्तव्यका निश्चय करके यथासमय उसका पालन करोगे, तो दीर्घकालतक सुख भोगोगे'

Transliteration

evaṁ sarvaṁ viniścitya vyavasāyaṁ svadharmataḥ | yathākālaṁ manuṣyendra cireṇa sukham avāpsyasi ||

Translation

โอ้ยอดแห่งมนุษย์ เมื่อท่านไตร่ตรองกำหนดกิจทั้งปวงให้แน่ชัดตามธรรมของตน แล้วปฏิบัติให้ถูกกาล ท่านจักได้เสวยสุขในกาลยาวนาน

Word by Word

एवम्thus

सर्वम्all (everything)

विनिश्चित्यhaving ascertained/decided

व्यवसायम्resolve; undertaking; course of action

स्वधर्मतःfrom/according to one's own duty

यथाकालम्in due time; at the proper time

मनुष्येन्द्रO lord of men (king)

चिरेणfor a long time; after long (time)

सुखम्happiness; comfort

अवाप्स्यसिyou will obtain

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

manuṣyendra (addressed king)

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?

One should first make a clear, comprehensive decision about one’s duty (svadharma) and then act with disciplined timing (yathākāla). Such dharma-aligned, well-timed resolve is presented as the cause of lasting well-being rather than short-lived gain.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, narrating the events, delivers a counsel to a kingly figure (addressed as manuṣyendra), affirming that if he determines his obligations according to dharma and fulfills them at the appropriate time, he will attain enduring happiness.