Shloka 3

Aśvamedha-dīkṣā, Vyāsa’s horse-release, and Arjuna’s departure with Gāṇḍīva (आश्वमेधिक-दीक्षा तथा हय-उत्सर्गः)

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच अहं पैलो5थ कौन्तेय याज्ञवल्क्यस्तथैव च । विधानं यद्‌ यथाकालं तत्‌ कर्तारो न संशय:,व्यासजीने कहा--कुन्तीनन्दन! जब यज्ञका समय आयेगा, उस समय मैं, पैल और याज्ञवल्क्य--ये सब आकर तुम्हारे यज्ञका सारा विधि-विधान सम्पन्न करेंगे; इसमें संशय नहीं है

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca: ahaṃ pailo ’tha kaunteya yājñavalkyas tathaiva ca | vidhānaṃ yad yathākālaṃ tat kartāro na saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa nói: “Hỡi con của Kuntī, khi thời điểm thích hợp của tế lễ đến, ta—cùng với Paila và Yājñavalkya—sẽ đến và cử hành trọn vẹn mọi nghi thức theo đúng phép tắc và đúng thời. Điều ấy không có gì phải nghi ngờ.”

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyasa
• व्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• पैलः: Paila
• पैलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पैल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: and/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kunti
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• याज्ञवल्क्यः: Yajnavalkya
• याज्ञवल्क्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विधानम्: procedure/arrangement
• विधानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as/according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• कालम्: time (at the proper time)
• कालम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्तारः: doers/performers
• कर्तारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• संशयः: doubt
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Paila
• Yājñavalkya
• Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Aśvamedha-yajña (horse sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous action (dharma) is to be performed according to proper procedure and proper timing, under the guidance of qualified authorities; such orderly observance sustains legitimacy and ethical kingship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa reassures Yudhiṣṭhira that when the time comes for the Aśvamedha sacrifice, eminent sages—Vyāsa himself, Paila, and Yājñavalkya—will arrive and conduct the ritual correctly, removing any uncertainty about its completion.