Shloka 56
पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation
सहजं चिरकारित्वमतिप्रज्ञतया तव । सफल तत् तथा तेस्तु भवाद्य चिरकारिक:,“अत्यन्त बुद्धिमान् होनेके कारण तुझमें जो चिरकारिताका सहज गुण है, वह इस समय सफल हो। आज तू वास्तवमें चिरकारी बन
sahajaṃ cirakāritvam atiprajñatayā tava | saphalaṃ tat tathā te 'stu bhavādya cirakārikaḥ ||
Bhishma said: “Because you are exceedingly intelligent, you possess by nature the habit of deliberate, long-considered action. Let that very deliberateness bear fruit now. Today, truly become a ‘cirakārī’—one who acts only after due reflection.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma commends reflective intelligence and urges that careful deliberation should become effective action at the right moment—prudence is a virtue only when it culminates in timely, dharmic decision.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and conduct, Bhishma addresses his listener with counsel, praising their innate tendency to act after due thought and exhorting them to embody that quality decisively ‘today’.