Shloka 20
Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization
पौरुषं कर्म दैवं च फलवृत्ति: स्वभावत: । त्रय एते5पृथग्भूता न विवेक॑ तु केचन
pauruṣaṁ karma daivaṁ ca phalavṛttiḥ svabhāvataḥ | traya ete ’pṛthagbhūtā na vivekaṁ tu kecana ||
بعض اہلِ دانش کہتے ہیں کہ پُرشارتھ، دَیو اور سْوَبھاو سے مؤید عمل—ان تینوں کے باہمی تعاون سے ہی فطری طور پر پھل کی تکمیل ہوتی ہے۔ یہ تینوں جدا جدا نہیں؛ الگ الگ ہو کر کوئی بھی کامیابی کا سبب نہیں بنتا۔
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Results arise from the joint operation of human effort (pauruṣa), destiny (daiva), and innate nature (svabhāva). Treating any one factor as the sole cause is an incomplete view; effective action and its fruition depend on their combined interplay.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa delivers a philosophical clarification about causality and moral agency, explaining how success or failure in action is produced through multiple intertwined causes rather than a single isolated determinant.