Mahābhārata · 1.219.18
॥
Devanāgarī
तस्माद् इतः सुरैः सार्धं गन्तुम् अर्हसि वासव ॥
दिष्टं चाप्य् अनुपश्यैतत् खाण्डवस्य विनाशनम् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
tasmād itaḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ gantum arhasi vāsava ||
diṣṭaṃ cāpy anupaśyaitat khāṇḍavasya vināśanam ||
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SánscritoIASTSignificado
तस्मात् इतः सुरैः सार्धं गन्तुम् अर्हसि वासवtasmāt itaḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ gantum arhasi vāsavatherefore from here, together with the gods, you ought to go, O Vasava;
दिष्टं च अपि अनुपश्य एतत् खाण्डवस्य विनाशनम्diṣṭaṃ ca api anupaśya etat khāṇḍavasya vināśanamand behold that this destruction of Khandava is fated [by decree];
तस्माद्tasmādoriginal form "tasmād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चाप्य्cāpyoriginal form "cāpy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुपश्यैतत्anupaśyaitatoriginal form "anupaśyaitat", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
"Therefore from here, together with the gods, you ought to go, O Vasava; and behold that this destruction of Khandava is fated by decree."
Versión
060b7038a7a8 · publicado 12 jul 2026, 18:11:48 UTC
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Here the forest's destruction is declared to be preordained from above. The word "fated [dishtam]" is significant: what is unfolding is neither chance nor human will alone, but the working out of destiny. Thus it is revealed that even terrible events unfold within the inscrutable design of Providence. So does scripture reveal the providential nature of events; and it befits Indra to submit to what is foreordained.