Shloka 5

चिरकारि-उपाख्यानम् / The Exemplum of Cirakārī: Deliberation Before Irreversible Action

Devanagari script

उभयत्र सुखोदर्क इह चैव परत्र च | अलब्ध्वा निपुणं धर्म पाप: पापेन युज्यते

Transliteration

ubhayatra sukhodarka iha caiva paratra ca | alabdhvā nipuṇaṃ dharmaṃ pāpaḥ pāpena yujyate ||

Translation

法（dharma）若得其正而行其当，便在两处结出安乐：此世与彼世。然罪人不以明辨而依止于法，反被罪业所缠，遂分受其苦果。

Word by Word

• उभयत्र: in both (places)
• उभयत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उभयत्र
• Form: avyaya (locative sense: 'in both places')

• सुखोदर्कः: having happiness as the outcome
• सुखोदर्कः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखोदर्क
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह
• Form: avyaya

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: avyaya

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: avyaya

• परत्र: there (in the other world)
• परत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र
• Form: avyaya (locative sense: 'there/elsewhere')

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: avyaya

• अलब्ध्वा: not having obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा), from √लभ् with negation अ- : 'not having obtained'

• निपुणम्: skilled/wise (properly)
• निपुणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निपुण
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• धर्मम्: dharma/righteousness
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पापः: a sinner/evil person
• पापः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पापेन: by/with sin
• पापेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• युज्यते: is yoked/gets associated
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: present, indicative, 3rd person, singular; passive/ātmanepada sense: 'is joined/gets connected'

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma, when properly understood and adopted, produces well-being both in this life and beyond; neglecting dharma through lack of discernment leads one into sin and its inevitable suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising on righteous conduct and its results, contrasting the two paths: thoughtful adherence to dharma versus careless rejection that binds a person to sinful outcomes.