Shloka 15

Devanagari script

स्यात्‌ तु मद्धाग्यदोषो<5यं याहं युष्मानजीजनम्‌ । दुःखायासभुजो व्यर्थ युक्तानप्युत्तमैर्गुणै:

Transliteration

syāt tu madbhāgyadoṣo 'yaṃ yāhaṃ yuṣmān ajījanam | duḥkhāyāsabhujo vyarthaṃ yuktān apy uttamair guṇaiḥ ||

Translation

Maaaring ito nga ay kasalanan ng sarili kong kapalaran—na ako ang nagluwal sa inyo. Bagama’t taglay ninyo ang pinakamataas na mga kabutihan, wari’y iniluwal ko kayo upang walang saysay na magtiis ng dalamhati at hirap.

Word by Word

• स्यात्: may be / might be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (भू/अस् धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Potential/Optative, 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• तु: but / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• मत्: of me / my
• मत्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, genitive, singular

• भाग्य-दोषः: fault of (my) fortune
• भाग्य-दोषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• यत्: that which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• युष्मान्: you (all)
• युष्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• अजीजनम्: I caused to be born / I begot
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: Lan, Imperfect (past), 1, singular, Parasmaipada, Active, true

• दुःख-आयास-भुजः: experiencers of sorrow and toil
• दुःख-आयास-भुजः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रा.) + आयास (प्रा.) + भुज्/भुज (प्रा. 'भुज' = one who experiences)
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• व्यर्थम्: in vain / fruitlessly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: व्यर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• युक्तान्: endowed / possessed
• युक्तान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त, √युज्)
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural, kta (past passive participle)

• अपि: even / although
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• उत्तमैः: with excellent
• उत्तमैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, plural

• गुणैः: qualities / virtues
• गुणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames suffering as something that can be experienced even by the virtuous, and it voices a moral anguish that attributes misfortune to one’s own fate. It highlights the tension between personal virtue and the seeming arbitrariness of worldly pain, prompting reflection on karma, destiny, and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśaṃpāyana’s narration, a speaker laments that despite the addressees being endowed with excellent qualities, they are destined to endure great sorrow and hardship, and the speaker blames their own ill fortune for having brought them into such a life.