Mahābhārata · 7.23.1–2
॥
Devanāgarī
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
व्यथयेयुर् इमे सेनां देवानाम् अपि संयुगे ॥
आहवे ये न्यवर्तन्त वृकोदरमुखा रथाः ॥
संप्रयुक्तः किलैवायं दिष्टैर् भवति पूरुषः ॥
तस्मिन्न् एव तु सर्वार्था दृश्यन्ते वै पृथग्विधाः ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
vyathayeyur ime senāṃ devānām api saṃyuge ||
āhave ye nyavartanta vṛkodaramukhā rathāḥ ||
saṃprayuktaḥ kilaivāyaṃ diṣṭair bhavati pūruṣaḥ ||
tasminn eva tu sarvārthā dṛśyante vai pṛthagvidhāḥ ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
व्यथयेयुःvyathayeyuḥwould shatter [would strike with dread]; would strike with dread
इमेimethese; [here,] these
सेनाम्senāmarmy [host]; host
देवानाम्devānāmof the gods; [even] of the gods
अपिapieven; even
संयुगेsaṃyugein battle; in combat
आहवेāhavein battle; in the fray
येyewho [those who]; [those] who
न्यवर्तन्तnyavartantaturned [to battle]; turned to meet
वृकोदरमुखाःvṛkodaramukhāḥled by Vrikodara [with Bhima at the head]; [with] Vrikodara at the head
रथाःrathāḥchariot [warriors]; chariot warriors
संप्रयुक्तःsaṃprayuktaḥyoked [bound]; yoked
किलkilaindeed [as is known]; indeed
एवevaprecisely; [precisely]
अयम्ayamthis [this one]; [here,] this one
दिष्टैःdiṣṭaiḥwith fate [with what is decreed]; with fate
भवतिbhavatibecomes [is]; becomes
पूरुषःpūruṣaḥman [a person]; man
तस्मिन्tasminin it [in that]; in it [in fate]
एवevaprecisely; [precisely]
तुtuindeed; —
सर्वार्थाःsarvārthāḥall aims [outcomes]; all outcomes
दृश्यन्तेdṛśyanteare seen [are discerned]; are discerned
वैvaiindeed [truly]; truly
पृथग्विधाःpṛthagvidhāḥof every kind [manifold]; of every kind
Traducción
These chariot warriors, who turned to meet [the foe] with Vrikodara at their head, would strike with dread even the host of the gods in battle. For man is yoked to fate; and in it, indeed, are discerned all outcomes of every kind.
Versión
acf25e55caa1 · publicado 19 jul 2026, 15:11:21 UTC
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From admiration of the enemy host, Dhritarashtra turns at once to thoughts of fate: man is "yoked to what is decreed," and in that yoking lie all possible outcomes. Thus begins the blind king's long meditation on destiny and will. Coming from one who indulged his son's wickedness, this reflection on fate sounds both as insight and as self-justification. It is telling that the truth of fate's power over man is spoken by one who would gladly lay his own guilt upon it. The verse teaches that man indeed receives much not by his own will, being woven into a larger order; yet that the thought of fate becomes a lie when it is used to cover one's free choice; and that wisdom discerns where the power of the decreed extends, and where man's own responsibility begins.