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Shloka 3

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ७७: पुरुषकार–दैवसंयोगः तथा दुष्टमन्त्रपरामर्शस्य राजनैतिक-परिणामः

Human Effort, Contingency, and the Political Effects of Corrupt Counsel

अफल मन्यसे वापि पुरुषस्य पराक्रमम्‌ | न चान्तरेण कर्माणि पौरुषेण फलोदय:,अथवा आप मनुष्यके पराक्रमको निष्फल मानते हैं; क्योंकि पूर्वजन्मके कर्म (प्रारब्ध)- के बिना केवल पुरुषार्थसे किसी फलकी प्राप्ति नहीं होती

aphalaṁ manyase vāpi puruṣasya parākramam | na cāntareṇa karmāṇi pauruṣeṇa phalodayaḥ ||

หรือว่าท่านทรงเห็นว่าความกล้าหาญของมนุษย์นั้นไร้ผล? เพราะหากปราศจากกรรมเก่าที่สุกงอม (ปรารพธะ) แล้ว ผลย่อมไม่บังเกิดขึ้นด้วยเพียงความเพียรของตนเท่านั้น

अफलम्fruitless
अफलम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअफल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मन्यसेyou think/consider
मन्यसे:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootमन्
FormPresent, Second, Singular, Atmanepada
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
पुरुषस्यof a man
पुरुषस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
पराक्रमम्valor/effort
पराक्रमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपराक्रम
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अन्तरेणwithout
अन्तरेण:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तरेण
कर्माणिactions/deeds
कर्माणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
पौरुषेणby manly effort
पौरुषेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपौरुष
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
फलोदयःarising of fruit/result
फलोदयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootफलोदय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

अर्जुन उवाच

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Arjuna

Educational Q&A

The verse frames the tension between personal effort (pauruṣa/puruṣārtha) and the force of prior karma: results do not arise from effort alone if the supporting conditions shaped by past deeds are absent.

Arjuna challenges the implied view that human valor is ineffective, arguing that outcomes depend on a conjunction of present exertion and the momentum of past actions, a key ethical reflection amid the deliberations of the Udyoga Parva.