Shloka 56
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
कन्योवाच तात तेन विना कालो विफलः प्रतिभाति मे ।
विवाहो विफले काले मद्विधायाः कथं भवेत् ॥
kanyovāca tāta tena vinā kālo viphalaḥ pratibhāti me / vivāho viphale kāle madvidhāyāḥ kathaṃ bhavet
ธิดากล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่บิดา หากปราศจากนักษัตรเรวตี กาลเวลาดูประหนึ่งไร้ผลสำหรับข้าพเจ้า แล้วการสมรสของผู้เช่นข้าพเจ้าจะเกิดขึ้นได้อย่างไรในกาลอันไร้ผลเล่า?”
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FAQs
The verse dramatizes the human need for meaningful timing: actions are not judged only by correctness of form, but by perceived ripeness (kāla-paripāka).
Narrative ethics (vaṃśānucarita-type episode), illustrating the doctrine of kāla as a determinant of results.
‘Fruitless time’ suggests a mismatch between inner readiness and cosmic rhythm. The maiden’s intuition reflects a belief that saṃskāras ‘take root’ only when time and psyche are synchronized.