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 ||
ভীষ্ম বললেন—“লাভ-সমৃদ্ধির বিষয় নিয়ে সে দীর্ঘক্ষণ চিন্তা করত; দীর্ঘক্ষণ জাগত, দীর্ঘক্ষণ ঘুমাত; এবং দীর্ঘ বিলম্বের পরেই কাজ সম্পন্ন করত। তাই লোকেরা তাকে ‘চিরকারী’—যে দেরিতে কাজ করে—বলে ডাকতে লাগল।”
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”).