Shloka 44

Devanagari script

यदा गत॑ वयो भूय: शिष्टमल्पतरं च नः । तस्येदानीं विकारो5यमधर्मोडयं कृतो महान्‌,अब हमलोगोंकी आयुका अधिकांश भाग बीत चुका है और बहुत थोड़ा ही शेष रह गया है। इसीसे इस समय हमारा मस्तिष्क खराब हो गया और हमलोगोंने यह महान्‌ पाप कर डाला है

Transliteration

yadā gataṁ vayo bhūyaḥ śiṣṭam alpataram ca naḥ | tasyedānīṁ vikāro 'yam adharmo 'yaṁ kṛto mahān ||

Translation

À présent que la plus grande part de notre vie s’est déjà écoulée et qu’il n’en reste que peu, notre discernement s’est déformé. Par cette défaillance, nous avons commis en ce moment un grand acte d’adharma — un péché lourd.

Word by Word

यदाwhen

गतम्gone, passed

वयःage, lifetime

भूयःmostly, for the most part; again

शिष्टम्remaining

अल्पतरम्very little, smaller

चand

नःof us, our

तस्यof that; therefore

इदानीम्now, at this time

विकारःdisturbance, derangement

अयम्this

अधर्मःunrighteousness, sin

अयम्this

कृतःdone, committed

महान्great

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna (speaker)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights moral accountability: when judgment becomes clouded—whether by age, fatigue, grief, or circumstance—one may slip into adharma; recognizing this distortion and naming the wrongdoing is the first step toward ethical correction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna speaks in a reflective, remorseful tone, attributing a present moral lapse to a disturbed state of mind and the sense that life is already mostly spent, thus acknowledging that a serious unrighteous act has been committed.