Shloka 2

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament on Kāla and Daiva after Draupadī’s Recovery (आरण्यक पर्व, अध्याय २५७)

Devanagari script

सज्जं क्रतुवरं राजन्‌ प्राप्तकालं च भारत | सौवर्ण च कृतं सर्व लाज्लं च महाधनम्‌,“भारत! क्रतुश्रेष्ठ वैष्णवयज्ञकी सारी सामग्री जुट गयी है। यज्ञका नियत समय भी आ पहुँचा है और सोनेका बहुमूल्य हल भी पूर्णरूपसे बन गया है”

Transliteration

sajjaṃ kratuvaraṃ rājan prāptakālaṃ ca bhārata | sauvarṇaṃ ca kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ lāṅgalaṃ ca mahādhanam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Muôn tâu Đại vương, hỡi Bhārata, cuộc tế lễ tối thượng đã được chuẩn bị đầy đủ; thời khắc đã định cũng đã đến. Và chiếc cày bằng vàng—vật báu vô cùng—cũng đã được chế tác hoàn tất.”

Word by Word

सज्जम्ready, prepared

क्रतु-वरम्the best sacrifice (excellent rite)

राजन्O king

प्राप्त-कालम्whose time has arrived; timely

चand

भारतO Bharata

सौवर्णम्golden, made of gold

चand

कृतम्made, completed

सर्वम्all, the whole

लाङ्गलम्plough

चand

महा-धनम्very valuable; of great wealth

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata (addressee)

rājan (the king, addressee)

kratuvara (excellent sacrifice)

lāṅgala (plough)

gold (sauvarṇa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic discipline in ritual life: a sacred undertaking should be performed with complete preparation and at the proper time. Readiness (sajja) and timeliness (prāptakāla) are presented as ethical requirements for a rite, not merely practical details.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana informs the king that the foremost sacrifice is fully arranged, the scheduled time has arrived, and a valuable golden plough—an important ritual implement in this context—has been finished, signaling that the ceremony is ready to commence.