Shloka 17

Dharma-śaṅkā-nivāraṇa: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Response on Karma-Phala and Trust in Dharma

Devanagari script

यच्चापि किंचित्‌ पुरुषो दिष्टं नाम भजत्युत । दैवेन विधिना पार्थ तद्‌ दैवमिति निश्चितम्‌,कुन्तीनन्दन! मनुष्य जो कुछ भी देवाराधनकी विधिसे अपने भाग्यके अनुसार पाता है, उसे निश्चितरूपसे दैव (प्रारब्ध) कहा गया है

Transliteration

yaccāpi kiñcit puruṣo diṣṭaṃ nāma bhajaty uta | daivena vidhinā pārtha tad daivam iti niścitam ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Whatever a person comes to possess as his allotted share—obtained according to the divine ordinance, O Pārtha—this is certainly determined to be ‘daiva’, the force of destiny (one’s apportioned lot).”

Word by Word

यत्whatever (that which)

चand

अपिalso/even

किञ्चित्something, anything

पुरुषःa man/person

दिष्टम्allotted, destined

नामindeed/so-called (emphatic particle)

भजतिobtains/partakes/receives

उतand/also (emphatic)

दैवेनby fate/by the divine

विधिनाby rule/ordinance/method

पार्थO Partha (Arjuna)

तत्that

दैवम्fate, destiny

इतिthus/so

निश्चितम्is determined/ascertained

कुन्तीनन्दनO son of Kunti

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes