Mahabharat

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दैवं परज्ञां तु मुष्णाति तेजश चक्षुर इवापतत धातुश च वशम अन्वेति पाशैर इव नरः सितः ।। २-५२-१८ ।।

sanskrit

'Just as a brilliant object can dazzle and blind one’s vision, Fate deprives us of reason, and man, bound as if by a cord, submits to the will of Providence.' ।। 2-52-18 ।।

english translation

daivaM parajJAM tu muSNAti tejaza cakSura ivApatata dhAtuza ca vazama anveti pAzaira iva naraH sitaH || 2-52-18 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/sabha-parva/52/18

दैवं परज्ञां तु मुष्णाति तेजश चक्षुर इवापतत धातुश च वशम अन्वेति पाशैर इव नरः सितः ।। २-५२-१८ ।।

sanskrit

'Just as a brilliant object can dazzle and blind one’s vision, Fate deprives us of reason, and man, bound as if by a cord, submits to the will of Providence.' ।। 2-52-18 ।।

english translation

daivaM parajJAM tu muSNAti tejaza cakSura ivApatata dhAtuza ca vazama anveti pAzaira iva naraH sitaH || 2-52-18 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript