Shloka 6

Devanagari script

स समीक्ष्यक्रमोपेतो मुख्य: कालोडयमागत: । अम्मिंक्षेदागते काले कार्य न प्रतिपद्यसे

Transliteration

sa samīkṣya kramopeto mukhyaḥ kālo ’yam āgataḥ | ammiṃkṣed āgate kāle kāryaṃ na pratipadyase ||

Translation

Der Sohn sprach: „Nachdem ich die rechte Abfolge der Schritte sorgfältig erwogen habe, ist nun der entscheidende Augenblick gekommen. Und doch—selbst wenn die Zeit zum Handeln da ist—machst du dich nicht an die Aufgabe.“

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समीक्ष्य: having considered/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ईक्ष्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• क्रमोपेतः: endowed with due order/procedure
• क्रमोपेतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रम-उपेत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुख्यः: chief, principal
• मुख्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कालः: time
• कालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उदयम्: rise, coming up
• उदयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आगतः: has come, has arrived
• आगतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ईक्षेत्: should consider/observe
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईक्ष्
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), Present-system, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आगते: when (it is) arrived
• आगते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Locative, Singular

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कार्यं: the task/duty
• कार्यं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• प्रतिपद्यसे: you undertake/engage in
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-पद्
• Form: Lat (present indicative), Present, 2nd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• putra (son)
• kāla (time/opportune moment)
• kārya (the task/duty)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Right action requires both discernment and timely execution: after assessing the proper course (krama) and recognizing the decisive moment (mukhya kāla), one should not hesitate to undertake one’s duty (kārya).

What is happening in the narrative?

A son addresses an elder/decision-maker, urging him to act. He points out that the situation has been reviewed and the critical time has arrived, but the addressee still refrains from taking up the necessary course of action.