नारभेत् परसामर्थ्यात् पुरुषः कार्यम् आत्मनः ॥
मतिसाम्यं द्वयोर् नास्ति कार्येषु कुरुनन्दन ॥
भयं परिहरन् मन्द आत्मानं परिपालयन् ॥
वर्षासु क्लिन्नकटवत् तिष्ठन्न् एवावसीदति ॥
न व्याधयो नापि यमः श्रेयःप्राप्तिं प्रतीक्षते ॥
यावद् एव भवेत् कल्पस् तावच् छ्रेयः समाचरेत् ॥
nārabhet parasāmarthyāt puruṣaḥ kāryam ātmanaḥ ||
matisāmyaṃ dvayor nāsti kāryeṣu kurunandana ||
bhayaṃ pariharan manda ātmānaṃ paripālayan ||
varṣāsu klinnakaṭavat tiṣṭhann evāvasīdati ||
na vyādhayo nāpi yamaḥ śreyaḥprāptiṃ pratīkṣate ||
yāvad eva bhavet kalpas tāvac chreyaḥ samācaret ||
"One should not begin [or abandon] one's own task on another's judgment; there is no agreement of minds between two people in matters, O descendant of Kuru. The fool who avoids all fear and merely guards himself perishes in inaction, like a mat soaked by the rains. Neither diseases nor Yama wait for a man to attain good; as long as the term of one's strength lasts, so long let one accomplish the good [one desires]."
bf74a710e678 · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 4:03:36 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Duryodhana's arguments appear reasonable — "time does not wait, act now" — yet they are turned toward evil. It is telling how the truth about the fleetingness of time is twisted into a justification for rushing toward sin: "life is short — therefore do wrong quickly." The verse teaches that a call to action must be judged by its aim: one must hasten toward good, not toward lawlessness. And "do not rely on another's judgment," in his mouth, is a rejection of wise counsel — precisely where one's own judgment is blinded by passion, another's sobriety is what saves. Whoever hurries himself toward wrongdoing under cover of life's brevity is hastening not to live but to destroy; the true lesson of impermanence is not to hurry into sin, but to hurry to attain true good.