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Mahabharata · 7.77.6–7
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Devanāgarī
सो ऽयं प्राप्तस् तवाक्षेपं पश्य साफल्यम् आत्मनः ॥
कथं हि राजा राज्यार्थी त्वया गच्छेत संयुगम् ॥
दिष्ट्या त्व् इदानीं संप्राप्त एष ते बाणगोचरम् ॥
स यथा जीवितं जह्यात् तथा कुरु धनंजय ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
so 'yaṃ prāptas tavākṣepaṃ paśya sāphalyam ātmanaḥ ||
kathaṃ hi rājā rājyārthī tvayā gaccheta saṃyugam ||
diṣṭyā tv idānīṃ saṃprāpta eṣa te bāṇagocaram ||
sa yathā jīvitaṃ jahyāt tathā kuru dhanaṃjaya ||
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SanskritIASTMeaning
सः अयम् प्राप्तः तव आक्षेपम्saḥ ayam prāptaḥ tava ākṣepamhe himself has come [within] your reach; he himself has come within your reach
पश्य साफल्यम् आत्मनःpaśya sāphalyam ātmanaḥbehold your own good fortune; behold your own good fortune
कथम् हि राजा राज्यार्थीkatham hi rājā rājyārthīfor how [else would] a king, desiring the kingdom; for how else would a king, desiring the kingdom
त्वया गच्छेत संयुगम्tvayā gaccheta saṃyugamengage in battle with you; engage in battle with you
दिष्ट्या तु इदानीम् संप्राप्तःdiṣṭyā tu idānīm saṃprāptaḥby good fortune indeed he has now fallen; by good fortune he has now fallen
एषः ते बाणगोचरम्eṣaḥ te bāṇagocaramhe [into] the range of your arrows; he into the range of your arrows
सः यथा जीवितम् जह्यात्saḥ yathā jīvitam jahyāt[so] that he may part with [his] life; so that he may part with his life
तथा कुरु धनंजयtathā kuru dhanaṃjayaso act, Dhananjaya; so act, Dhananjaya
Translation
"He himself has come within your reach -- behold your own good fortune. For how [else] would a king, desiring the kingdom, engage in battle with you? By good fortune he has now fallen within the range of your arrows; act so that he may part with [his] life, Dhananjaya."
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"Diṣṭyā... saṃprāptaḥ te bāṇagocaram," "by good fortune he has fallen within the range of your arrows": Krishna sees in the enemy's arrival the hand of fate -- "diṣṭyā," by fortune or destiny. It is telling that the Lord interprets the event as a gift of Providence: the root of evil has itself come to answer for it. The verse teaches that Providence brings evil to its reckoning in its own hour, and the wise recognize that hour: that the guilty one "has come himself" to his avenger is no accident but an arrangement from above; and to discern "diṣṭyā," the benevolent finger of fate, and to act upon it, is part of righteous wisdom.