Shloka 58
पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation
चिरायते च संतापाच्चिरं स्वपिति वारित: । आवयोश्िरसंतापाददवेक्ष्य चिरकारिक:
cirāyate ca santāpāc ciraṁ svapiti vāritaḥ | āvayoḥ cirasantāpād adavekṣya cirakārikaḥ ||
ভীষ্ম ক’লে—“দুখ-সন্তাপ আহিলেও সি বিলম্ব কৰে; বাধা দিলেও বহু সময় শুই থাকে। আমাৰ দুয়ো—মাতাপিতাৰ—দীৰ্ঘদিনৰ যন্ত্ৰণা দেখি সি নিশ্চয় ‘চিৰকাৰী’ৰ দৰে, কৰ্তব্য কৰাত সময় লৈ, তেতিয়াহে প্ৰবৃত্ত হ’ব।”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical tension between haste and delay: a person known for postponing action may, upon witnessing sustained suffering, still choose to act only after careful observation—suggesting that deliberation (even if slow) is tied to responsibility and the weight of consequences.
Bhishma describes someone called/likened to ‘Cirakārī’—a habitual delayer who even sleeps long despite being stopped. Bhishma says that, seeing the prolonged distress of his parents, he will act in accordance with that ‘Cirakārī’ nature—i.e., he will take time before acting.