Mahabharata 7.11.506 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 11, Shloka 506

Droṇa’s Conditional Boon: The Plan to Capture Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रोणेन युधिष्ठिरग्रहणोपायः)

Devanagari script

अन्यथैव प्रपद्यन्ते दैवादिति मतिर्मम । तात! मनस्वी पुरुषोंद्वारा अन्य प्रकारसे सोचे हुए कार्य भी दैवयोगसे कुछ और ही प्रकारके हो जाते हैं; ऐसा मेरा अनुभव है

Transliteration

anyathaiva prapadyante daivād iti matir mama | tāta manasvī puruṣoṃdvārā anya prakārase soche hue kārya bhī daivayogase kucha aura hī prakārake ho jāte haiṃ; aisā mama anubhava hai |

Translation

વૈશંપાયન બોલ્યા—મારો નિશ્ચય છે કે દૈવબળે વાતો અન્યથા જ બને છે. તાત! મનસ્વી પુરુષે જેમ વિચારેલા કાર્યો પણ દૈવયોગથી કંઈક બીજાં જ રીતે ફળે છે—આ મારો અનુભવ છે.

Word by Word

• अन्यथा: otherwise, in another way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा

• एव: indeed, just, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• प्रपद्यन्ते: they turn out / they come to be / they result
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रपद्
• Form: Lat (present indicative), 3, plural, Atmanepada

• दैवात्: from fate; due to destiny
• दैवात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• मतिः: thought, opinion
• मतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• मम: of me; my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• तात: dear one; son (vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Human resolve and planning do not always control outcomes; destiny (daiva) can redirect even well-conceived actions, urging humility, vigilance, and ethical steadiness amid uncertainty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana pauses the war narrative to offer a reflective observation: in the turmoil of events, outcomes often diverge from what even determined people intend, because larger forces of fate shape results.