Shloka 93

ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana

River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor

Devanagari script

न चात्र परिहारो$स्ति कालस्पृष्टस्य कस्यचित्‌

Transliteration

na cātra parihāro 'sti kālaspṛṣṭasya kasyacit

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “In this matter there is no escape for anyone whom Time has touched.”

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• atra: here; in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra

• parihāraḥ: avoidance; escape; remedy
• parihāraḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: parihāra
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• asti: is; exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: as
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• kāla-spṛṣṭasya: of one touched by Time (i.e., fated by time/death)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāla-spṛṣṭa
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• kasya: of whom; of anyone
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: kim
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• cit: even; at all (enclitic, with interrogatives = 'any')
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cit

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kāla (Time)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That the power of Time (kāla)—often understood as the inevitable unfolding of destiny and the maturation of karma—cannot be evaded; when its influence arrives, no one has a complete remedy or escape.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing in the Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, states a general principle about inevitability: once Time has ‘touched’ a person or situation, avoidance is not possible, reinforcing the counsel to accept reality and act rightly within it.