Shloka 11
Devanagari script
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिता: । कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निनश्चिता:
Transliteration
cintām aparimeyāṃ ca pralayāntām upāśritāḥ | kāmopabhogaparamā etāvad iti niścitāḥ ||
Translation
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः। कामोपभोगपरमाः एतावदिति निश्चिताः॥
Word by Word
चिन्ताम्anxiety, worry
चिन्ताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचिन्ता
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अपरिमेयाम्immeasurable, boundless
अपरिमेयाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअपरिमेय
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
प्रलयान्ताम्ending in destruction (pralaya)
प्रलयान्ताम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रलयान्त
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
उपाश्रिताःhaving resorted to, having taken refuge in
उपाश्रिताः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउप-आ-श्रि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कामोपभोगपरमाःhaving sensual enjoyment as the highest aim
कामोपभोगपरमाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकामोपभोगपरम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
एतावत्this much, only so much
एतावत्:
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएतावत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
निश्चिताःdetermined, convinced, resolved
निश्चिताः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनि-√चि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
अजुन उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse critiques a worldview dominated by desire: when sensual enjoyment is treated as the supreme end, the mind becomes trapped in endless anxiety that persists until ruin or death, narrowing one’s moral horizon to “only this much.”
In the Bhīṣma Parva context, this line characterizes a certain mentality among people driven by craving and worldly gain, highlighting the inner turmoil and ethical blindness that accompany such attachment amid the pressures of the war setting.