Shloka 63

Devanagari script

गता त्रिरष्टवर्षता ध्रुवोडसि पठचविंशक: । कुरुष्व धर्मसंचयं वयो हि तेडतिवर्तते,बेटा! तुम्हारी आयुके चौबीस वर्ष बीत गये। अब निश्चय ही तुम पचीस सालके हो गये; अतः धर्मका संचय करो। तुम्हारी सारी आयु यों ही बीती जा रही है

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | gatāḥ trirātra-viṃśati-varṣatāḥ, dhruvo ’si pañca-viṃśakaḥ | kuruṣva dharma-saṃcayaṃ, vayo hi te ’tivartate, vatsa ||

Translation

ব্যাস বললেন—বৎস! চব্বিশ বছর কেটে গেছে; তুমি নিশ্চয়ই পঁচিশতম বছরে প্রবেশ করেছ। অতএব ধর্মসঞ্চয় কর; কারণ তোমার বয়স ক্রমেই অতিক্রান্ত হয়ে যাচ্ছে।

Word by Word

गताःhave gone / have passed

त्रिthree

षष्टिsixty

वर्षताःyears (as a measure of age/time)

ध्रुवःcertainly / surely / fixed

उदसिyou are / you exist (reading uncertain)

पञ्चfive

विंशकःa score (twenty) / group of twenty

कुरुष्वdo / perform / accumulate

धर्मdharma / righteousness

संचयम्accumulation / store

वयःage / youth / lifetime

हिindeed / for

तेyour

अतिवर्ततेpasses by / is passing away

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Human life and youth pass quickly; therefore one should consciously build a reserve of dharma—righteous habits, duties, and merit—rather than letting time be wasted.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa addresses a younger person affectionately, marking his age and urging him to take life seriously by practicing dharma now, since time is continuously moving on.