Shloka 35
पुरुष: फलमाप्रोति चतुर्थ नात्र कारणम् | कुशला: प्रतिजानन्ति ये वै तत्त्वविदो जना:,क्योंकि यह देखा जाता है कि हठ तथा दैवसे सब कार्योकी धारावाहिक रूपसे सिद्धि हो रही है। जो लोग तत्त्वज्ञ एवं कुशल हैं, वे प्रतिज्ञापूर्वक कहते हैं कि मनुष्य कुछ फल दैवसे, कुछ हठसे और कुछ स्वभावसे प्राप्त करता है। इस विषयमें इन तीनोंके सिवा कोई चौथा कारण नहीं है
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | puruṣaḥ phalam āpnoti caturthaṃ nātra kāraṇam | kuśalāḥ pratijānanti ye vai tattvavido janāḥ |
Yudhiṣṭhira said: A person attains results, and in this matter there is no fourth cause. Those who are skilled and truly know reality declare with certainty that a human being gains some outcomes through fate, some through forceful effort, and some through one’s own nature.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Results arise from three sources—fate (daiva), personal exertion or forceful effort (hāṭha/puruṣakāra), and one’s inherent nature (svabhāva); no separate fourth cause is needed to explain success or failure.
In the forest-exile discourse, Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on why outcomes occur and articulates a principled view that balances destiny, human striving, and innate disposition as the main explanatory factors.