Shloka 463

धृतराष्ट्रविलापः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Inquiry (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 2)

Devanagari script

यस्तु भाग्यसमायुक्त: स शुभं प्राप्तुयान्नर: । निश्चय ही मनुष्य अपना-अपना भाग्य लेकर उत्पन्न होता है, जो सौभाग्यसे सम्पन्न होता है, उसे ही शुभ फलकी प्राप्ति होती है

Transliteration

yastu bhāgyasamāyuktaḥ sa śubhaṃ prāptuyān naraḥ | niścayaṃ hi manuṣyaḥ sva-svaṃ bhāgyaṃ lekara utpannaḥ bhavati, yaḥ saubhāgyena sampannaḥ sa eva śubha-phalakī prāptiṃ labhate |

Translation

The man who is endowed with good fortune alone attains what is auspicious. For it is held as certain that each person is born bearing his own allotment of destiny; only one enriched by favorable fortune comes to obtain auspicious results.

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

तुbut/indeed

भाग्य-समायुक्तःendowed with fortune

सःhe

शुभम्good (auspicious result)

प्राप्तुयात्may obtain / would obtain

नरःa man

Speaker

धघतयाट्र उवाच

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the role of one’s allotted fortune (bhāgya) in the attainment of auspicious outcomes: people are born with their own destiny, and favorable results are said to come to those endowed with good fortune.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shalya Parva’s early discourse, the speaker presents a reflective, deterministic observation about human life—linking success and auspicious outcomes to one’s pre-existing lot—serving as counsel or commentary amid the war’s grim uncertainties.