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
لڑکی نے کہا—اے پدر، ریوَتی کے بغیر وقت مجھے بے ثمر دکھائی دیتا ہے۔ بے ثمر وقت میں مجھ جیسی کا نکاح کیسے ہو سکتا ہے؟
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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.