Shloka 93

ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana

River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor

Devanagari script

न चात्र परिहारो$स्ति कालस्पृष्टस्य कस्यचित्‌

Transliteration

na cātra parihāro 'sti kālaspṛṣṭasya kasyacit

Translation

భీష్ముడు పలికెను—కాలము స్పర్శించిన వానికి ఇక్కడ ఏ విధమైన తప్పించుకొనుట లేదు.

Word by Word

nanot

caand

atrahere; in this matter

parihāraḥavoidance; escape; remedy

astiis; exists

kāla-spṛṣṭasyaof one touched by Time (i.e., fated by time/death)

kasyaof whom; of anyone

citeven; at all (enclitic, with interrogatives = 'any')

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Kāla (Time)

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

What is the core teaching?

That the power of Time (kāla)—often understood as the inevitable unfolding of destiny and the maturation of karma—cannot be evaded; when its influence arrives, no one has a complete remedy or escape.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing in the Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, states a general principle about inevitability: once Time has ‘touched’ a person or situation, avoidance is not possible, reinforcing the counsel to accept reality and act rightly within it.