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भगवानुवाच । एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि पाण्डव । सर्वं त्विदं समायत्तं बीभत्सो कर्मणोर्द्वयोः॥५-७७-१॥
The Blessed Lord said: Indeed it is so, as you say, O mighty-armed Pāṇḍava. All this, O Bībhatsu, depends upon the two causes of action—human effort and the factor of Daiva.
english translation
क्षेत्रं हि रसवच्छुद्धं कर्षकेणोपपादितम् । ऋते वर्षं न कौन्तेय जातु निर्वर्तयेत्फलम्॥५-७७-२॥
For even a fertile and well-prepared field, cultivated by a farmer, will never yield its produce without rainfall, O Kaunteya.
english translation
तत्र वै पौरुषं ब्रूयुरासेकं यत्नकारितम् । तत्र चापि ध्रुवं पश्येच्छोषणं दैवकारितम्॥५-७७-३॥
There, one would call irrigation the product of human exertion; and there too one would certainly observe drying up as produced by the factor of Daiva—the uncontrollable contingency.
english translation
तदिदं निश्चितं बुद्ध्या पूर्वैरपि महात्मभिः । दैवे च मानुषे चैव संयुक्तं लोककारणम्॥५-७७-४॥
This has been determined through reason even by earlier great-souled persons: the causes operating in the world are conjoined—both the factor of Daiva and the human factor.
english translation
अहं हि तत्करिष्यामि परं पुरुषकारतः । दैवं तु न मया शक्यं कर्म कर्तुं कथंचन॥५-७७-५॥
I will do that to the utmost extent through human effort; but the factor of Daiva cannot, in any way, be made into an act performed by me.
english translation