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स एव हेतुर्भूत्वा हि पुरुषस्यार्थसिद्धिषु । विनाशेऽपि स एवास्य संदिग्धं कर्म पौरुषम्॥५-७५-६॥
That very human effort becomes the cause of a person’s attainments; and even in failure, that same personal exertion remains the uncertain factor within one’s action.
english translation
अन्यथा परिदृष्टानि कविभिर्दोषदर्शिभिः । अन्यथा परिवर्तन्ते वेगा इव नभस्वतः॥५-७५-७॥
Matters are perceived one way by discerning poets who notice faults, yet they turn out otherwise—like the gusts of the wind.
english translation
सुमन्त्रितं सुनीतं च न्यायतश्चोपपादितम् । कृतं मानुष्यकं कर्म दैवेनापि विरुध्यते॥५-७५-८॥
Even a human undertaking that is well-advised, well-governed, and justified by reason may still be opposed by fate.
english translation
दैवमप्यकृतं कर्म पौरुषेण विहन्यते । शीतमुष्णं तथा वर्षं क्षुत्पिपासे च भारत॥५-७५-९॥
Even what fate has not accomplished can be countered by human effort. Cold and heat, rain, and likewise hunger and thirst, O Bhārata, are mitigated through exertion.
english translation
यदन्यद्दिष्टभावस्य पुरुषस्य स्वयंकृतम् । तस्मादनवरोधश्च विद्यते तत्र लक्षणम्॥५-७५-१०॥
Whatever else a person, shaped by destiny, accomplishes by their own doing—therein one recognizes a distinguishing mark: the presence of unobstructed personal initiative.
english translation