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Shloka 18

Daiva–Puruṣakāra Saṃvāda

Kṛpa’s Counsel on Destiny and Human Effort

एवमेतदनादृत्य वर्तते यस्त्वतो5न्यथा । स करोत्यात्मनो5नर्थनिष बुद्धिमतां नयः:

evam etad anādṛtya vartate yas tv ato 'nyathā | sa karoty ātmano 'narthaṃ niṣṭhā buddhimatāṃ nayaḥ ||

ഇതു തന്നെയാണ്. എന്നാൽ ഈ തത്ത്വത്തെ അവഗണിച്ച് മറുവഴി നടക്കുന്നവൻ—വിധിയും പുരുഷപ്രയത്നവും ചേർന്ന് പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നതിനെ അംഗീകരിക്കാതെ ഒന്നിന്മേൽ മാത്രം ആശ്രയിക്കുന്നവൻ—സ്വന്തം അനർത്ഥം തന്നെ വരുത്തുന്നു; ഇതാണ് ജ്ഞാനികളുടെ സ്ഥിരനയം।

एवम्thus, in this way
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
एतत्this (is)
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
अनादृत्यhaving disregarded
अनादृत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootआ + √दृ (आदर)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), active
वर्ततेacts, behaves, proceeds
वर्तते:
TypeVerb
Root√वृत् (वर्त)
Formpresent, ātmanepada, 3rd, singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
तुbut, indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
अतःfrom this, therefore; than this
अतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः
अन्यथाotherwise, contrariwise
अन्यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यथा
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
करोतिdoes, makes
करोति:
TypeVerb
Root√कृ
Formpresent, parasmaipada, 3rd, singular
आत्मनःof himself, his own
आत्मनः:
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
अनर्थम्harm, misfortune
अनर्थम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअनर्थ
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
बुद्धिमताम्of the wise
बुद्धिमताम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootबुद्धिमत्
Formmasculine, genitive, plural
नयःpolicy, maxim, guiding principle
नयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनय
Formmasculine, nominative, singular

कृप उवाच

K
Kṛpa

Educational Q&A

One should not dismiss either destiny (daiva) or human effort (puruṣārtha). Ignoring their combined role and clinging to only one leads to one’s own ruin; the wise hold this as a settled principle of conduct.

In the Sauptika Parva, Kṛpa is giving counsel in the tense aftermath of the war, articulating a practical ethical stance: sound action requires acknowledging both what is fated and what must be done through deliberate effort.