Shloka 2

त्रिगर्त-मात्स्य-संग्रामः

The Trigarta–Matsya Engagement at Twilight

Devanagari script

व्यतीत: समय: सम्यग वसतां वै पुरोत्तमे । कुर्वतां तस्य कर्माणि विराटस्य महीपते:

Transliteration

vyatītaḥ samayaḥ samyag vasatāṃ vai purottame | kurvatāṃ tasya karmāṇi virāṭasya mahīpateḥ ||

Translation

بہترین شہر میں رہتے ہوئے اور مہیبتی وِراٹ کے کام انجام دیتے ہوئے اُن کا مقررہ وقت پوری طرح گزر گیا۔

Word by Word

• व्यतीतः: elapsed, passed
• व्यतीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यतीत (वि + अति + इ √इ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समयः: time, period
• समयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्यक्: properly, well
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• वसताम्: of (those) dwelling/living
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (√वस् निवासे)
• Form: Present (Shatru/Śatṛ), Plural, Genitive, Masculine/Neuter (participle, context-dependent)

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• पुरोत्तमे: in the best city
• पुरोत्तमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कुर्वताम्: of (those) doing/performing
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (√कृ करणे)
• Form: Present (Shatru/Śatṛ), Plural, Genitive, Masculine/Neuter (participle, context-dependent)

• तस्य: of him/that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कर्माणि: deeds, tasks
• कर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• विराटस्य: of Virāṭa
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महीपतेः: of the king (lord of the earth)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपतिः
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Virāṭa
• purottama (excellent city; Virāṭa’s capital)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma through disciplined observance of an appointed term (samaya) and faithful performance of one’s entrusted duties (karmāṇi) under a king—showing that righteous conduct includes honoring time-bound vows and serving responsibly even in constrained circumstances.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that the required period has successfully elapsed while the protagonists lived in an excellent city and carried out King Virāṭa’s tasks—marking the completion of their time of concealed residence and service in Virāṭa’s realm.