Shloka 38

Draupadī’s Lament and Theodicy: Dharma, Dice, and Īśvara’s Governance (Āraṇyaka-parva 31)

Devanagari script

न फलादर्शनाद्‌ धर्म: शड्कितव्यो न देवता: । यष्टव्यं च प्रयत्नेन दातव्यं चानसूयता,धर्मका फल तुरंत दिखायी न दे तो इसके कारण धर्म एवं देवताओंपर आशंका नहीं करनी चाहिये। दोषदृष्टि न रखते हुए यत्नपूर्वक यज्ञ और दान करते रहना चाहिये

Transliteration

na phalādarśanād dharmaḥ śaṅkitavyo na devatāḥ | yaṣṭavyaṃ ca prayatnena dātavyaṃ cān asūyatā ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “One should not doubt dharma, nor the gods, merely because the fruit is not immediately seen. Rather, with sustained effort one should continue to perform sacrifice and to give in charity, free from fault-finding and resentment.”

Word by Word

नnot

फल-अदर्शनात्from (the fact of) non-seeing of the result

धर्मःdharma, righteousness

शङ्कितव्यःis to be suspected / should be doubted

नnot

देवताःdeities, gods

यष्टव्यम्sacrifice is to be performed / one should perform sacrifice

चand

प्रयत्नेनwith effort

दातव्यम्a gift is to be given / one should give

चand

अनसूयताwithout envy/carping; with non-maliciousness

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

dharma

devatāḥ (the gods)

yajña (sacrifice)

dāna (charity)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes