Shloka 46
Nakula’s Adaptive Counsel to Kṛṣṇa in the Kuru Assembly (उद्योगपर्व, अध्याय ७८)
दैवे च मानुषे चैव संयुक्ते लोककारणम् | इसलिये पूर्वकालके महात्माओंने अपनी बुद्धि-द्वारा यही निश्चय किया है कि लोकहितका साधन दैव तथा पुरुषार्थ दोनोंपर निर्भर है
daive ca mānuṣe caiva saṃyukte lokakāraṇam |
Arjuna says that the welfare and ordering of the world arise from the conjunction of two forces: destiny (the divine dispensation) and human effort. Therefore, the great sages of earlier times, using discerning intelligence, concluded that the means to the common good depends upon both—what is ordained and what is undertaken through purposeful action.
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worldly welfare and right outcomes are not attributed solely to fate or solely to human striving; they arise from their conjunction. Ethical action requires acknowledging providence while still committing to responsible effort.
In the Udyoga Parva’s deliberative context before the great war, Arjuna articulates a reflective principle: decisions for the common good should be grounded in both daiva (what lies beyond control) and mānuṣa/puruṣārtha (intentional human action), as earlier sages concluded.