SanskritIASTMeaning
मनसा अर्थान् विनिश्चित्य पश्चात् प्राप्नोति कर्मणा बुद्धिपूर्वम् स्वयम् धीरः पुरुषः तत्र कारणम्manasā arthān viniścitya paścāt prāpnoti karmaṇā buddhipūrvam svayam dhīraḥ puruṣaḥ tatra kāraṇamHaving determined his aims with the mind, a man then attains them through action; the wise man himself, through forethought, is the cause there.
संख्यातुम् न एव शक्यानि कर्माणि पुरुषर्षभ अगारनगराणाम् हि सिद्धिः पुरुषहैतुकीsaṃkhyātum na eva śakyāni karmāṇi puruṣarṣabha agāranagarāṇām hi siddhiḥ puruṣahaitukīDeeds cannot be counted, O bull among men; the success of homes and cities has man as its cause.
तिले तैलम् गवि क्षीरम् काष्ठे पावकम् अन्ततः धिया धीरः विजानीयात् उपायम् च अस्य सिद्धयेtile tailam gavi kṣīram kāṣṭhe pāvakam antataḥ dhiyā dhīraḥ vijānīyāt upāyam ca asya siddhayeOil is in the sesame seed, milk in the cow, fire in the wood — the wise man must discern with his mind the means to obtain them.
ततः प्रवर्तते पश्चात् करणेषु अस्य सिद्धये ताम् सिद्धिम् उपजीवन्ति कर्मणाम् इह जन्तवःtataḥ pravartate paścāt karaṇeṣu asya siddhaye tām siddhim upajīvanti karmaṇām iha jantavaḥThen he takes up the means to attain it; by this success of actions do beings live here.
कुशलेन कृतम् कर्म कर्त्रा साधु विनिश्चितम् इदम् तु अकुशलेन इति विशेषात् उपलभ्यतेkuśalena kṛtam karma kartrā sādhu viniścitam idam tu akuśalena iti viśeṣāt upalabhyateA deed done by a skilled doer is well determined; but this one was done by an unskilled hand — thus it is distinguished by its particulars.
इष्टापूर्तफलम् न स्यात् न शिष्यः न गुरुः भवेत् पुरुषः कर्मसाध्येषु स्यात् चेत् अयम् अकारणम्iṣṭāpūrtaphalam na syāt na śiṣyaḥ na guruḥ bhavet puruṣaḥ karmasādhyeṣu syāt cet ayam akāraṇamThere would be no fruit of sacrifice and pious works, no disciple and no teacher, if man were not the cause in what is attainable through action.
कर्तृत्वात् एव पुरुषः कर्मसिद्धौ प्रशस्यते असिद्धौ निन्द्यते च अपि कर्मनाशः कथम् तु इहkartṛtvāt eva puruṣaḥ karmasiddhau praśasyate asiddhau nindyate ca api karmanāśaḥ katham tu ihaIt is precisely for his agency that a man is praised when a deed succeeds and blamed when it fails; how then could action here be negated?
सर्वम् एव हठेन एके दिष्टेन एके वदन्ति उत पुरुषप्रयत्नजं के चित् त्रैधम् एतत् निरुच्यतेsarvam eva haṭhena eke diṣṭena eke vadanti uta puruṣaprayatnajaṃ ke cit traidham etat nirucyateSome say all is due to chance, others to fate, others that it is born of human effort; this is explained in three ways.
न च एव एतावता कार्यम् मन्यन्ते इति च अपरे अस्ति सर्वम् अदृश्यम् तु दिष्टम् च एव तथा हठःna ca eva etāvatā kāryam manyante iti ca apare asti sarvam adṛśyam tu diṣṭam ca eva tathā haṭhaḥAnd others hold that the matter is not limited to this; there is the unseen altogether, fate, and likewise chance.
दृश्यते हि हठात् च एव दिष्टात् च अर्थस्य संततिःdṛśyate hi haṭhāt ca eva diṣṭāt ca arthasya saṃtatiḥfor indeed the continuation of an aim is seen to come both from chance and from fate
किं चित् दैवात् हठात् किं चित् किं चित् एव स्वकर्मतः पुरुषः फलम् आप्नोति चतुर्थम् न अत्र कारणम्kiṃ cit daivāt haṭhāt kiṃ cit kiṃ cit eva svakarmataḥ puruṣaḥ phalam āpnoti caturtham na atra kāraṇamSomething a man obtains from daiva, something from chance, something from his own action; there is no fourth cause here.
कुशलाः प्रतिजानन्ति ये तत्त्वविदुषः जनाःkuśalāḥ pratijānanti ye tattvaviduṣaḥ janāḥSo affirm the skilled, those who know the truth.
तथा एव धाता भूतानाम् इष्टानिष्टफलप्रदः यदि न स्यात् न भूतानाम् कृपणः नाम कः चनtathā eva dhātā bhūtānām iṣṭāniṣṭaphalapradaḥ yadi na syāt na bhūtānām kṛpaṇaḥ nāma kaḥ canaIf Dhatar of all beings, the giver of desired and undesired fruit, were not thus, there would be no wretched creature among beings at all.
यम् यम् अर्थम् अभिप्रेप्सुः कुरुते कर्म पूरुषः तत् तत् सफलम् एव स्यात् यदि न स्यात् पुराकृतम्yam yam artham abhiprepsuḥ kurute karma pūruṣaḥ tat tat saphalam eva syāt yadi na syāt purākṛtamWhatever aim a man might desire while performing a deed, it would always bear fruit — were it not for prior action.
मनसार्थान्manasārthānoriginal form "manasārthān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बुद्धिपूर्वंbuddhipūrvaṃoriginal form "buddhipūrvaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्वयंsvayaṃoriginal form "svayaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुरुषस्puruṣasoriginal form "puruṣas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
संख्यातुंsaṃkhyātuṃoriginal form "saṃkhyātuṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नैवnaivaoriginal form "naiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अगारनगराणांagāranagarāṇāṃoriginal form "agāranagarāṇāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तैलंtailaṃoriginal form "tailaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्षीरंkṣīraṃoriginal form "kṣīraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धीरोdhīrooriginal form "dhīro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विजानीयाद्vijānīyādoriginal form "vijānīyād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उपायंupāyaṃoriginal form "upāyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चास्यcāsyaoriginal form "cāsya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
करणेष्व्karaṇeṣvoriginal form "karaṇeṣv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तांtāṃoriginal form "tāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कृतंkṛtaṃoriginal form "kṛtaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इदंidaṃoriginal form "idaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्व्tvoriginal form "tv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अकुशलेनेतिakuśalenetioriginal form "akuśaleneti", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विशेषाद्viśeṣādoriginal form "viśeṣād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इष्टापूर्तफलंiṣṭāpūrtaphalaṃoriginal form "iṣṭāpūrtaphalaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्यान्syānoriginal form "syān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शिष्योśiṣyooriginal form "śiṣyo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गुरुर्gururoriginal form "gurur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्याच्syācoriginal form "syāc", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चेद्cedoriginal form "ced", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कर्तृत्वाद्kartṛtvādoriginal form "kartṛtvād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चापिcāpioriginal form "cāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कथंkathaṃoriginal form "kathaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्व्tvoriginal form "tv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हठेनैकेhaṭhenaikeoriginal form "haṭhenaike", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दिष्टेनैकेdiṣṭenaikeoriginal form "diṣṭenaike", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वदन्त्य्vadantyoriginal form "vadanty", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतन्etanoriginal form "etan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवैतावताcaivaitāvatāoriginal form "caivaitāvatā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कार्यंkāryaṃoriginal form "kāryaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मन्यन्तmanyantaoriginal form "manyanta", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चापरेcāpareoriginal form "cāpare", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अदृश्यंadṛśyaṃoriginal form "adṛśyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दिष्टंdiṣṭaṃoriginal form "diṣṭaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवcaivaoriginal form "caiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हठाच्haṭhācoriginal form "haṭhāc", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवcaivaoriginal form "caiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दिष्टाच्diṣṭācoriginal form "diṣṭāc", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चार्थस्यcārthasyaoriginal form "cārthasya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चिद्cidoriginal form "cid", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दैवाद्daivādoriginal form "daivād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धठात्dhaṭhātoriginal form "dhaṭhāt", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चिद्cidoriginal form "cid", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चतुर्थंcaturthaṃoriginal form "caturthaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नात्रnātraoriginal form "nātra", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तत्त्वविदुषोtattvaviduṣooriginal form "tattvaviduṣo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथैवtathaivaoriginal form "tathaiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्यान्syānoriginal form "syān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भूतानांbhūtānāṃoriginal form "bhūtānāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कृपणोkṛpaṇooriginal form "kṛpaṇo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कश्kaśoriginal form "kaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यंyaṃoriginal form "yaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्याद्syādoriginal form "syād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
The example of oil, milk, and fire is precise: possibility is hidden within the nature of things, but without an intelligent method it never becomes a result. So too the favor of fate does not do away with skillful action.