Shloka 104
अथवा पूर्ववैरं त्वं स्मरन् काल॑ जिहीषसि । पश्य दुष्कृतकर्मस्त्वं व्यक्तमायु:क्षयं तव,“अथवा यदि पहलेके वैरका स्मरण करके तुम यहाँ व्यर्थ समय काटना चाहते हो तो पापी! देख लेना, इसका क्या फल होगा? निश्चय ही तुम्हारी आयु क्षीण हो चली है
athavā pūrvavairaṃ tvaṃ smaran kālaṃ jihīṣasi | paśya duṣkṛtakarmas tvaṃ vyaktam āyuḥkṣayaṃ tava ||
Bhishma said: “Or perhaps, recalling an old enmity, you wish to waste time here. Look, you who act in sin—your end is plainly approaching; your span of life is surely being consumed.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Clinging to old hostility and wasting time in resentment leads to moral downfall; one should recognize the karmic consequences and the urgency of time, since life is steadily being consumed.
Bhishma rebukes an interlocutor, suggesting that the person is lingering in remembrance of an old feud; he warns that such sinful conduct has consequences and that the person’s lifespan is visibly nearing its end.