Shloka 15
अर्जुनस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति क्षात्रधर्मोपदेशः | Arjuna’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira on Kṣatra-Dharma
भवितव्यं तथा तच्च यद् वृत्तं भरतर्षभ । दिष्टं हि राजशार्दटूल न शक््यमतिवर्तितुम्,“भरतश्रेष्ठ) जो कुछ हुआ है, वह उसी रूपमें होनेवाला था। राजसिंह! दैवके विधानका उल्लंघन नहीं किया जा सकता
bhavitavyaṃ tathā tac ca yad vṛttaṃ bharatarṣabha | diṣṭaṃ hi rājaśārdūla na śakyam ativartitum ||
భరతశ్రేష్ఠా! ఏది జరిగిందో, అది అచ్చంగా అలాగే జరగవలసినదే. రాజసార్దూలా! దైవవిధానాన్ని అతిక్రమించడం సాధ్యం కాదు.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the inevitability of what is ordained (diṣṭa): events unfold according to destiny, and one cannot overstep the decree of fate. Ethically, it functions as a reflective or consolatory framing—inviting acceptance of what has occurred while situating human action within a larger cosmic order.
Vaiśampāyana addresses a royal listener with honorific epithets, interpreting past events as inevitable. The statement serves to explain or contextualize suffering and outcomes by attributing them to what was destined to happen.