Shloka 14

ताराविलापः

Tara’s Lament over Vāli

Devanagari script

कालो निस्संशयो नूनं जीवितान्तकरस्तव।बलाद्येनावपन्नोऽसि सुग्रीवस्यावशो वशम्4.20.14।।

Transliteration

kālo nissaṃśayo nūnaṃ jīvitāntakaras tava | balād yenāvapanno 'si sugrīvasyāvaśo vaśam ||

Translation

แน่แท้โดยไม่ต้องสงสัย กาล—ผู้ปลิดปลายชีวิตของท่าน—ได้มาถึงแล้ว; ด้วยอำนาจของกาลนั้นเอง ท่านผู้เคยไม่อาจควบคุมได้ บัดนี้กลับถูกบีบให้ตกอยู่ใต้อำนาจของสุครีวะ

Word by Word

कालःtime

निस्संशयःundoubtedly

नूनम्surely

जीवितान्तकरःlife-ending

तवyour/of you

बलात्forcibly

येनby which/whereby

अवपन्नःhave fallen/come under

असिyou are

सुग्रीवस्यof Sugriva

अवशःhelpless

वशम्control/power

Context

'No doubt time is inexorable. The time of your death had surely arrived.Now you, whom nobody could control, have come under the sway of Sugriva.

Characters & Entities

Kāla (Time)

Sugrīva

Vāli

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Humility before Kāla: dharma includes recognizing that power is not absolute; time overturns dominance, and unjust control eventually yields to a rightful reordering.

What is the narrative situation?

Tārā reflects on the inevitability of death and the dramatic reversal whereby Vāli is now under Sugrīva’s sway through death.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Philosophical insight amid grief—Tārā interprets events through the lens of fate, consequence, and impermanence.