Shloka 6

अर्जुनोक्तिः—कृष्णं प्रति पुरुषकार‑कर्म‑विचारः

Arjuna’s Address to Krishna: Agency, Action, and Immediate Counsel

Devanagari script

स एव हेतुर्भूत्वा हि पुरुषस्यार्थसिद्धिषु । विनाशेडपि स एवास्य संदिग्धं॑ कर्म पौरुषम्‌,क्योंकि उपर्युक्त पुरुषार्थ ही कभी पुरुषकी कार्य-सिद्धिमें कारण बनकर कभी विनाशका भी हेतु बन जाता है। इस प्रकार जैसे दैवका फल संदिग्ध है, वैसे ही पुरुषार्थका भी फल संदिग्ध है

Translation

That very human effort becomes, at times, the cause of a man’s success in his aims, and at times the cause of his ruin. Thus, as the fruit of fate is uncertain, so too is the fruit of human endeavor uncertain.

Word by Word

सःhe/that (same)

एवindeed/only

हेतुःcause

भूत्वाhaving become

हिindeed/for

पुरुषस्यof a man/person

अर्थसिद्धिषुin the attainments of aims/successes

विनाशेin destruction/ruin

अपिalso/even

सःhe/that (same)

एवindeed/only

अस्यof him/of this (person)

संदिग्धम्uncertain/doubtful

कर्मact/deed

पौरुषम्manly effort/human endeavor

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes