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Shloka 109

Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)

नतु पर्यायधर्मेण सिद्धि प्राप्नोति मानव: । मनसैवानुकूलानि धातैव कुरुते वशे

na tu paryāyadharmeṇa siddhiṁ prāpnoti mānavaḥ | manasaivānukūlāni dhātaiva kurute vaśe |

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «လူသည် အမည်သာရှိသော သို့မဟုတ် ထုံးတမ်းအတိုင်း ပြသသည့် ဓမ္မတရားဖြင့် အမှန်တကယ် အောင်မြင်မှု မရနိုင်။ အရာအားလုံးကို စီမံသတ်မှတ်သူ—ဗိဓာတာ—သာလျှင် စိတ်၏ ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်တစ်ချက်တည်းဖြင့် အဖြစ်အပျက်နှင့် သတ္တဝါတို့ကို မိမိနှစ်သက်ရာသို့ လှည့်ကာ အားလုံးကို မိမိအာဏာအောက်သို့ ချုပ်ကိုင်နိုင်သည်»။

nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
tubut/indeed
tu:
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu
paryāya-dharmeṇaby merely nominal/secondary dharma
paryāya-dharmeṇa:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootparyāya-dharma
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
siddhimsuccess/accomplishment
siddhim:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootsiddhi
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
prāpnotiattains
prāpnoti:
TypeVerb
Root√āp (āpnoti) with pra-
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
mānavaḥa man/human
mānavaḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootmānava
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
manasāby the mind
manasā:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootmanas
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
evaonly/indeed
eva:
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva
anukūlānifavorable (things)
anukūlāni:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootanukūla
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
dhātāthe Ordainer/Creator (Fate)
dhātā:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootdhātṛ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
evaonly/indeed
eva:
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva
kurutemakes/causes
kurute:
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
vaśein (his) control
vaśe:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootvaśa
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhātā (the Ordainer/Creator)

Educational Q&A

Mere outward or conventional observance of dharma does not guarantee accomplishment; ultimate outcomes are governed by the cosmic Ordainer (dhātā), who can, by sheer resolve, make circumstances favorable and bring all under control.

In the Udyoga Parva’s tense pre-war deliberations, Sañjaya reflects on the limits of human effort and the insufficiency of merely formal righteousness, emphasizing that the final turning of events lies with the higher ordering power.