Shloka 7

Adhyaya 60: Self-Assertion, Daiva, and the Rhetoric of Inevitability (उद्योग पर्व)

Devanagari script

तस्मान्न भवता चिन्ता कार्यषा स्यात्‌ कथंचन । दैवेष्वपेक्षका होते शश्वद्‌ भावेषु भारत

Transliteration

tasmān na bhavatā cintā kāryā syāt kathaṃcana | daiveṣv apekṣakā hote śaśvad bhāveṣu bhārata ||

Translation

ଏହେତୁ ଆପଣ କୌଣସି ପ୍ରକାର ଚିନ୍ତା କରନ୍ତୁ ନାହିଁ। ହେ ଭାରତ! ଦେବମାନେ ସଦା ଶମ, ଦମ ଆଦି ଦିବ୍ୟ ଭାବକୁ ହିଁ ଆଶା କରନ୍ତି; କାମ-କ୍ରୋଧ ପରି ଆସୁର ଆବେଗକୁ ନୁହେଁ।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that reason
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, ablative, singular

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

• भवता: by you (sir)
• भवता: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• चिन्ता: anxiety/worry
• चिन्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिन्ता
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• कार्या: to be done/fit to be done (i.e., should be done)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• स्यात्: should be/would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: optative (vidhi-liṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• कथंचन: in any way/at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन

• दैवेषु: in divine matters/among the divine
• दैवेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दैव
• Form: neuter, locative, plural

• अपेक्षका: expectant/looking for
• अपेक्षका: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपेक्षक
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• होते: are/become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: present, 3rd, plural, ātmanepada

• शश्वत्: always/constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शश्वत्

• भावेषु: in dispositions/states (of mind)
• भावेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun (vocative, patronymic)
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Bhārata (addressee, descendant of Bharata)
• Devas (gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Do not be ruled by anxiety; cultivate daivī-bhāvas (divine dispositions like calmness and restraint), since the gods favor such inner qualities rather than impulses like desire and anger.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana addresses a Bharata-descendant and offers reassurance, redirecting the listener from worry toward maintaining divine-minded virtues that align with dharma.