Shloka 5
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय २: संजयस्य दिव्यदृष्टिप्रदानम् तथा निमित्तवर्णनम्
Granting Sañjaya Divine Sight and the Description of Omens
Devanagari script
तेषु कालपरीतेषु विनश्यत्स्वेव भारत । कालपर्यायमाज्ञाय मा सम शोके मन: कृथा:,भारत! वे कालके अधीन होकर जब नष्ट होने लगें, तब इसे कालका चक्कर समझकर मनमें शोक न करना
Transliteration
teṣu kālaparīteṣu vinaśyatsv eva bhārata | kālaparyāyam ājñāya mā sma śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ ||
Translation
O Bhārata, when those men, overtaken by Time, begin to perish of themselves, understand it as the turning of Time’s cycle and do not let your mind fall into grief. The verse frames destruction in war as governed by kāla (Time), urging steadiness and discernment rather than paralyzing sorrow.
Word by Word
तेषुin/among those
तेषु:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, locative, plural
कालपरीतेषुwhen overtaken by Time
कालपरीतेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootकालपरीत
Formmasculine/neuter, locative, plural
विनश्यत्सुwhile (they) are perishing
विनश्यत्सु:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootविनश्
Formmasculine/neuter, locative, plural
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
कालपर्यायम्the course/turn of Time
कालपर्यायम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकालपर्याय
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
आज्ञायhaving understood/knowing
आज्ञाय:
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा
Formabsolutive (ktvā/lyap)
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
समexcessively/altogether
सम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम
शोकेin grief
शोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशोक
Formmasculine, locative, singular
मनःmind
मनः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
कृथाःmake/do
कृथाः:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formimperative, 2nd, singular, parasmaipada
Speaker
व्यास उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
Bhārata (address to a Kuru descendant)K
Kāla (Time)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes