Shloka 11
राजधर्मः—राष्ट्ररक्षणं, दण्डनीतिः, हयग्रीवोपाख्यानम्
Royal Duty: Protection, Penal Policy, and the Hayagrīva Exemplum
नाकालतो म्रियते जायते वा नाकालतो व्याहरते च बाल: । नाकालतो यौवनमभ्युपैति नाकालतो रोहति बीजमुप्तम्
na kālato mriyate jāyate vā na kālato vyāharate ca bālaḥ | na kālato yauvanam abhyupaiti na kālato rohati bījam uptam ||
毗耶娑说：无人早于定时而死，亦无人早于定时而生；孩童甚至也不会在未到其时便开口言语。青春亦唯在其时而至；播下的种子，也唯在其时而萌芽。由是可知，世间诸变皆在时间的统摄之下展开，教人于得失之前，持忍耐与坚定之心。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the sovereignty of kāla (time): birth, death, speech, maturation, and growth occur only when their proper time arrives. Ethically, it encourages patience, acceptance, and steadiness rather than anxiety over outcomes that cannot be forced.
In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa delivers an instruction emphasizing that life-events unfold according to time’s order. He illustrates this with everyday examples—child development, the onset of youth, and a seed’s sprouting—to ground a moral lesson in observable nature.