Sutra 7

Devanagari script

दैवमानुषं हि कर्म लोकं यापयति ॥ कZ_०६.२.०७ ॥

Transliteration

daivamānuṣaṃ hi karma lokaṃ yāpayati

Translation

For action shaped by both fate and human effort keeps the world functioning.

Word by Word

• दैवमानुषम्: divine and human (i.e., due to fate and due to human agency)
• Type: Noun (adjectival)
• Root: दैव + मानुष
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे एकवचनम् प्रथमा/द्वितीया; विशेषणरूपेण ‘कर्म’ इति पदं विशेषयति

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Particle
• Root: हि
• Form: निपातः; हेतौ/निश्चये (emphatic/causal particle)

• कर्म: action; deed; operative cause
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ (करणे)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे एकवचनम् प्रथमा; कर्तृपदम्

• लोकम्: the world; the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे एकवचनम् द्वितीया; कर्मपदम् (object)

• यापयति: causes to continue; sustains; keeps (going)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यापय (णिजन्त; √या/यम्-प्रेरणे/यापनार्थे)
• Form: लट् लकारः; परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्; causative (णिजन्त)

Entities Mentioned

• daiva
• mānuṣa
• karma
• loka

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What is the practical administrative takeaway?

Governance must plan and act vigorously while accepting uncertainty; continuity comes from action, not from speculation about fate.