Shloka 35

Devanagari script

सर्वे त्वौपयिका: काला: कार्याणां भरतर्षभ । तथैवालंकृतः काले तिष्ठेथा भूरिदक्षिण

Transliteration

sarve tv aupayikāḥ kālāḥ kāryāṇāṃ bharatarṣabha | tathaivālaṅkṛtaḥ kāle tiṣṭhethā bhūridakṣiṇa ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“婆罗多族之雄牛啊，一切时刻皆可用以履行职责。因此，在适当之时，你也当衣饰整肃、仪容华美——慷慨施赐者啊——使你的举止与形貌皆与时宜相称。”

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• उपयिकाः: useful/suitable
• उपयिकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपयिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कालाः: times/occasions
• कालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कार्याणाम्: of tasks/works
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas (best of Bharatas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तथा: thus/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

• अलंकृतः: adorned/decorated
• अलंकृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अलंकृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• काले: in/at the proper time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तिष्ठेथाः: you should stand/remain
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Imperative (Vidhi-lin), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भूरिदक्षिण: O one of abundant gifts (very generous one)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूरिदक्षिण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bharatarṣabha (honorific for a Bharata prince/king)
• Bhūridakṣiṇa (epithet: giver of abundant gifts)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should treat every moment as suitable for fulfilling one’s responsibilities, and maintain appropriate outward discipline—such as proper dress and adornment—so that one’s conduct matches the demands of time, place, and duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a Bharata leader with counsel on practical dharma: all times can be used for necessary work, and the person addressed should also remain suitably adorned at the proper times, consistent with their role and the expectations of the occasion.