Shloka 56

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

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

sahajaṃ cirakāritvam atiprajñatayā tava | saphalaṃ tat tathā te 'stu bhavādya cirakārikaḥ ||

Translation

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.”

Word by Word

सहजम्innate, natural

चिरकारित्वम्the quality of delaying/being slow to act

अतिप्रज्ञतयाby (your) great intelligence

तवof you, your

सफलम्successful, fruitful

तत्that (quality/thing)

तथाthus, in that manner

तेto you

अस्तुlet it be

भवbe (become)

अद्यtoday, now

चिरकारिकःa procrastinator; one who acts after long delay

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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Sandhi Notes