Shloka 15

Adhyāya 203 — Tilottamā-sṛṣṭiḥ

Creation and Commissioning of Tilottamā

Devanagari script

न मित्राण्यर्थकृच्छेषु श्रेयसे चेतराय वा । विधिपूर्व हि सर्वस्य दु:खं वा यदि वा सुखम्‌,मित्र भी अर्थसंकटके समय अथवा किसी कामकी कठिनाई आ पड़नेपर न तो कल्याण कर सकते हैं और न अकल्याण ही। सभीके लिये दुःख या सुखकी प्राप्ति भाग्यके अनुसार ही होती है

Transliteration

na mitrāṇy arthakṛccheṣu śreyase cetarāya vā | vidhipūrvaṃ hi sarvasya duḥkhaṃ vā yadi vā sukham ||

Translation

Karna said: “In times of financial distress, friends are not truly able to bring about either one’s welfare or one’s harm. For everyone, suffering or happiness comes in accordance with what is ordained by fate.”

Word by Word

नnot

मित्राणिfriends (as a class)

अर्थकृच्छेषुin times of financial distress

श्रेयसेfor welfare / for good

चand

इतरायfor the opposite (harm/ill)

वाor

विधिपूर्वम्according to destiny / as ordained

हिindeed

सर्वस्यof everyone

दुःखम्sorrow

वाor

यदिif / whether

वाor

सुखम्happiness

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karna

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes