Shloka 44

पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation

Devanagari script

एवं विमृशतस्तस्य चिरकारितया बहु । दीर्घ:कालो व्यतिक्रान्तस्ततो<5स्याभ्यागमत्‌ पिता

Transliteration

evaṁ vimṛśatas tasya cirakāritayā bahu | dīrghaḥ kālo vyatikrāntas tato 'syābhyāgamat pitā ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “As he kept reflecting in this way, owing to his habit of delaying action, a long time passed. Meanwhile, his father returned from the forest.”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• विमृशतः: of (him) reflecting/considering
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-मृश्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• चिरकारितया: by (his) procrastinating nature/long-delaying habit
• चिरकारितया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिरकारिता
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• बहु: much
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दीर्घः: long
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• व्यतिक्रान्तः: passed/elapsed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-अति-क्रम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle, used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अभ्यागमत्: came/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-आ-गम्
• Form: Aorist (लुङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Cirakari
• Cirakari's father

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how excessive delay—even when framed as careful deliberation—can allow circumstances to change and force a moral decision into a new context; discernment must be balanced with timely action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Cirakari continues thinking for a long time due to his delaying nature, and during this interval his father returns, shifting the situation and setting up the next ethical development in the episode.