Shloka 5
पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation
चिरं स चिन्तयत्यर्थश्रिरं जाग्रच्चिरं स्वपन् । चिरं कार्याभिपत्तिं च चिरकारी तथोच्यते
ciraṃ sa cintayaty arthaśrīraṃ jāgrac ciraṃ svapan | ciraṃ kāryābhipattiṃ ca cirakārī tathocyate ||
ভীষ্মে ক’লে—“লাভ-সমৃদ্ধিৰ বিষয়ত সি দীৰ্ঘ সময় চিন্তা কৰিছিল; দীৰ্ঘ সময় জাগি থাকিছিল, দীৰ্ঘ সময় শুই থাকিছিল; আৰু দীৰ্ঘ বিলম্বৰ পাছতহে কাৰ্য সম্পন্ন কৰিছিল। সেইকাৰণে লোকসকলে তাক ‘চিৰকাৰী’—দেৰিতে কৰা—বুলি ক’বলৈ ধৰিলে।”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse characterizes a person whose habitual slowness—extended thinking, wakefulness, sleep, and delayed completion of tasks—becomes a defining ethical trait, illustrating how repeated conduct turns into reputation and name.
Bhishma describes someone known for long delays in thought and action; because he completes work only after much time, people give him the epithet ‘Cirakārī’ (“late-acting”).