Shloka 20

Devanagari script

मम च व्यवसायेन तपसा चैव निर्जित: । दुःखस्यान्तेन चानेन भवितव्यं हि नौ शुभे,'शुभे! मेरे व्यवसाय (उद्योग) तथा तपस्यासे कलियुग परास्त हो चुका है। अतः अब हमारे दुःखोंका अन्त हो जाना चाहिये

Transliteration

mama ca vyavasāyena tapasā caiva nirjitaḥ | duḥkhasyāntena cānena bhavitavyaṃ hi nau śubhe ||

Translation

Bṛhadaśva sprach: „Durch meine standhafte Anstrengung und durch Askese ist dies überwunden worden. Und nun, o Glückverheißende, muss es wahrlich so kommen, dass unser Kummer durch eben dieses Ergebnis sein Ende findet.“

Word by Word

ममof me / my

चand

व्यवसायेनby effort / resolve

तपसाby austerity

चand

एवindeed / just

निर्जितःconquered / overcome

दुःखस्यof sorrow

अन्तेनby the end / with the ending

चand

अनेनby this / with this

भवितव्यम्must be / is to happen

हिindeed / for

नौof us two / for us two

शुभेO auspicious one (address)

Speaker

बृहदश्चव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bṛhadaśva

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that determined effort (vyavasāya) joined with disciplined austerity (tapas) can overcome adversity, and that one should hold to the conviction that suffering is not endless but can reach a rightful conclusion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bṛhadaśva speaks reassuringly to an addressed woman (“śubhe”), stating that through his resolve and ascetic power the present difficulty has been subdued, and expressing confidence that this development will bring an end to their shared distress.