Shloka 12
गोप्रदान-माहात्म्ये गोलोक-प्रश्नः
Gopradāna-Māhātmya: Inquiry into Goloka
उवाच धर्मराजानं निर्विण्णो5ध्ययनेन वै | यो मे कालो भवेच्छेषस्तं वसेयमिहाच्युत
uvāca dharmarājānaṃ nirviṇṇo 'dhyayanena vai | yo me kālo bhavec cheṣas taṃ vaseyam ihācyuta ||
تعلیم و مطالعہ سے اکتا کر اس برہمن نے دھرم راج سے کہا— “اے اَچُیوت (جو دھرم سے نہیں ہٹتے)! میری زندگی کا جو وقت باقی ہے، میں وہیں یہیں رہوں گا۔”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a dharmic orientation to life’s final phase: even when one becomes weary of study or formal discipline, one can choose to spend the remaining time in a stable, righteous setting, emphasizing steadfastness (acyuta) and purposeful residence rather than restlessness.
In Bhīṣma’s narration, a Brahmin—tired from study—responds to Dharmarāja’s instruction or invitation by declaring that whatever time remains in his life, he will stay there, addressing the king as ‘Acyuta,’ i.e., unwavering from dharma.