Shloka 946

Devanagari script

अनिवृत्तस्य कालस्य क्षयं प्राप्तो न मुच्यते । “कालपर किसीका भी वश नहीं चलता। वह सदा सावधान रहकर सम्पूर्ण भूतोंको पकाता रहता है। वह कभी लौटनेवाला नहीं है। ऐसे कालके अधीन हुआ प्राणी उससे छुटकारा नहीं पाता है

Transliteration

anivṛttasya kālasya kṣayaṁ prāpto na mucyate |

Translation

Бхишма сказал: Тот, кто попал в пределы Времени, что никогда не обращается вспять, не освобождается от его пожирающей силы. Время не подвластно никому; оно вечно бодрствует, доводит всех существ до зрелости и изнашивает их, и, не возвращаясь, не оставляет подчинённому ему существу пути к спасению.

Word by Word

• अनिवृत्तस्य: of the non-returning (time)
• अनिवृत्तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिवृत्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कालस्य: of time
• कालस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• क्षयम्: destruction, end
• क्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्तः: having reached / having met with
• प्राप्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (प्राप्) → प्राप्त
• Form: Perfective (past participle), Singular, Masculine, Nominative

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मुच्यते: is released, is freed
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/Reflexive (middle usage)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kāla (Time)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Time (kāla) is irreversible and unconquerable; once a being falls under its consuming course, there is no escape. Therefore one should not postpone dharmic action, self-discipline, and right understanding, since delay is defeated by the certainty of change and decay.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on wisdom and conduct. Here he emphasizes the inescapability of Time as a moral reminder: human plans and power are limited, so one must live with vigilance and align life with dharma before Time carries everything toward decline.