Shloka 40

Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 104: Nārada on Suhṛt and Nirbandha; the Viśvāmitra–Gālava Exemplum Begins

Devanagari script

यथैवेश्वरसृष्टो5स्मि यद्‌ भावि या च मे गति: । तथा महर्षे वर्तामि कि प्रलाप: करिष्यति,“महर्षे! मुझे ईश्वरने जैसा बनाया है, जो होनहार और जैसी मेरी अवस्था है, उसीके अनुसार मैं बर्ताव करता हूँ। आपलोगोंका यह प्रलाप क्या करेगा?”

Transliteration

yathaiveśvarasṛṣṭo ’smi yad bhāvi yā ca me gatiḥ | tathā maharṣe vartāmi kiṁ pralāpaḥ kariṣyati ||

Translation

அவன் கூறினான்—“மகாரிஷியே! இறைவன் என்னை எவ்வாறு படைத்தானோ, எது நிகழ வேண்டியதோ, எனக்கென நிர்ணயிக்கப்பட்ட நடை எதுவோ—அதன்படியே நான் நடக்கிறேன். உங்கள் இந்தப் புலம்பல் என்ன செய்யப் போகிறது?”

Word by Word

यथाas, just as

एवindeed, just

ईश्वरसृष्टःcreated by the Lord

अस्मिI am

यत्whatever (that which)

भाविto be, destined to happen

याwhich

चand

मेof me, my

गतिःcourse, state, destiny

तथाso, in that manner

महर्षेO great sage

वर्तामिI behave, I conduct myself

किम्what

प्रलापःlamentation, idle talk

करिष्यतिwill do, will accomplish

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahārṣi (addressed sage)

Īśvara

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The speaker emphasizes acceptance of one’s divinely given nature and the inevitability of what is destined, while dismissing unproductive lamentation; ethical action is framed as acting in accordance with one’s appointed course rather than being swayed by mere talk.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of counsel and persuasion surrounding the impending conflict, a character responds to a sage’s admonition by asserting that he will act according to how the Lord has made him and according to what is fated, implying that further pleading or lament will not change his resolve.