Shloka 41

दैव–पुरुषकार-प्रश्नः

Daiva–Puruṣakāra Inquiry: Fate and Human Effort

Devanagari script

तपोनियमसंयुक्ता मुनयः संशितव्रता: । कि ते दैवबलात्‌ शापमुत्सृजन्ते न कर्मणा,तप और नियममें संयुक्त रहकर कठोर व्रतका पालन करनेवाले मुनि क्या दैवबलसे ही किसीको शाप देते हैं, पुरुषार्थके बलसे नहीं?

Transliteration

tapo-niyama-saṃyuktā munayaḥ saṃśita-vratāḥ | ki te daiva-balāt śāpam utsṛjante na karmaṇā ||

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ତପ ଓ ନିୟମରେ ସଂଯୁକ୍ତ, କଠୋର ବ୍ରତରେ ନିଷ୍ଠ ମୁନିମାନେ କ’ଣ କେବଳ ଦୈବବଳରେ ଶାପ ଛାଡ଼ନ୍ତି, ନିଜ କର୍ମ-ପ୍ରୟାସରେ ନୁହେଁ?

Word by Word

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नियम: observance, restraint
• नियम: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• संयुक्ताः: endowed/connected (with)
• संयुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• संशित: sharpened, strict
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्रताः: vows, observances
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• कि: whether? (interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम्

• ते: they (those sages)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दैव: fate, divine dispensation
• दैव: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• बलात्: from/through the force (of)
• बलात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• शापम्: a curse
• शापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उत्सृजन्ते: they emit/utter (a curse)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सृज्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• कर्मणा: by action/effort (by human agency)
• कर्मणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• munayaḥ (sages)