Shloka 41
सुवर्णष्ठीविनोपाख्यानम्
The Account of Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin
पृथ्वीनाथ! यदुवीर श्रीकृष्णने जो बातें तुम्हारे सामने कही हैं, उन्हींको मैंने उस शोकाकुल राजाको सुनाया ।।
sañjīvitaś cāpi punar vāsavānumate tadā | bhavitavyaṃ tathā tac ca na tac chakyam ato 'nyathā ||
तब वासव (इन्द्र) की अनुमति से उस बालक को फिर जीवित भी कर दिया गया। पर जो होना था, वह वैसा ही हुआ; इसलिए उसे अन्यथा करना संभव न था।
पर्वत उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when extraordinary help—such as divine consent—brings a reversal like revival, the Mahābhārata emphasizes that the larger inevitability (bhavitavya) still unfolds; one should perform dharma and accept that not everything can be altered by will.
The speaker reports that, with Indra’s approval, a child was brought back to life; nevertheless, the verse concludes that what was destined happened as destined, and it was not possible to make events turn out otherwise.