Shloka 10

Devanagari script

कृतस्य पूर्व चानर्थरयुक्तस्याप्यनुतिष्ठत: । इमं पश्यत संगत्या मम दैवमुपप्लवम्‌,'पहले मैंने जो प्रयत्न किया था उसमें अनेक प्रकारके अनर्थ खड़े हो गये थे। उन अनर्थोंसे युक्त होनेपर भी मैं धनोपार्जनकी ही चेष्टामें लगा रहा; परंतु देखो, आज इन बछड़ोंकी सड़तिसे मुझपर कैसा दैवी उपद्रव आ गया?

Transliteration

kṛtasya pūrvaṃ cānartharayuktasyāpy anutiṣṭhataḥ | imaṃ paśyata saṅgatyā mama daivam upaplavam ||

Translation

முன்பு நான் முயன்றபோது பலவகைத் தீமைகள் எழுந்தன. அந்தத் தீமைகளில் சிக்கியிருந்தும் நான் செல்வம் ஈட்டும் முயற்சியிலேயே பிடிவாதமாக இருந்தேன்; ஆனால் பாருங்கள்—இந்த ஆசக்தியினால் என்மேல் எத்தகைய தெய்வத்தால் அனுப்பப்பட்ட பேரிடர் விழுந்துள்ளது!

Word by Word

• {'kṛtasya': 'of what was done

• of an undertaken act/effort', 'pūrvam': 'formerly

• earlier', 'anartha': 'harm, misfortune, undesirable consequence', 'anartha-rayukta': 'connected with harm

• fraught with adverse results', 'api': 'even

• although', 'anutiṣṭhataḥ': 'of one persisting/continuing

• while carrying on', 'paśyata': 'see! behold! (imperative, plural/polite)', 'saṅgatyā': 'through attachment/association

• due to clinging', 'mama': 'my', 'daivam': 'fated

• arising from destiny', 'upaplava': 'calamity, upheaval, affliction, disaster'}

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Persisting in wealth-seeking or any pursuit despite clear harmful consequences, especially when driven by attachment (saṅga), invites further suffering; one should recognize warning signs, restrain greed, and act with discernment in line with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma reflects on his earlier actions: although his efforts had already produced ‘anartha’ (harmful outcomes), he continued due to attachment. He now points to the present misfortune as a ‘daiva upaplava’—a calamity experienced as fate’s blow—highlighting the moral causality behind it.