Shloka 73

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

Devanagari script

भारत! कुरुनन्दन! इस प्रकार गौतम वहाँ अपने पुत्रके विलम्बपूर्वक कार्य करनेके कारण बहुत प्रसन्न हुए थे ।। एवं सर्वेषु कार्येषु विमृश्य पुरुषस्तत: । चिरेण निश्चयं कृत्वा चिरं न परितप्यते,इस प्रकार सभी कार्योंमें विचार करके चिर-कालके पश्चात्‌ किसी निश्चयपर पहुँचनेवाले पुरुषको दीर्घकालतक पश्चात्ताप नहीं करना पड़ता

Transliteration

bhārata! kurunandana! evaṁ sarveṣu kāryeṣu vimṛśya puruṣas tataḥ | cireṇa niścayaṁ kṛtvā ciraṁ na paritapyate ||

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا— اے بھارت! اے کورو نندن! اسی طرح ہر کام میں خوب سوچ بچار کرنی چاہیے؛ جو شخص طویل غور و فکر کے بعد فیصلہ کرتا ہے، اسے پھر دیر تک پچھتاوا نہیں رہتا۔

Word by Word

• {'bhārata': 'O descendant of Bharata (address to Yudhiṣṭhira)', 'kurunandana': 'O delight of the Kuru line (honorific address)', 'evaṁ': 'thus

• in this manner', 'sarveṣu kāryeṣu': 'in all tasks/undertakings', 'vimṛśya': 'having reflected

• having considered carefully', 'puruṣaḥ': 'a person

• a man', 'tataḥ': 'then

• thereafter', 'cireṇa': 'after a long time

• slowly, with patience', 'niścayam': 'a decision

• firm conclusion', 'kṛtvā': 'having made', 'ciraṁ': 'for a long time', 'na paritapyate': 'does not grieve

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Bhārata, Kurunandana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should not act hastily. Careful reflection before deciding leads to steadiness and prevents long-lasting remorse.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Śānti Parva, he generalizes a moral lesson: thoughtful deliberation in all actions yields decisions that do not later cause enduring regret.