द्रुपद उवाच
अश्रुत्वैवं वचनं ते महर्षे; मया पूर्वं यतितं कार्यम् एतत् ॥
न वै शक्यं विहितस्यापयातुं; तद् एवेदम् उपपन्नं विधानम् ॥
दिष्टस्य ग्रन्थिर् अनिवर्तनीयः; स्वकर्मणा विहितं नेह किं चित् ॥
कृतं निमित्तं हि वरैकहेतोस्; तद् एवेदम् उपपन्नं बहूनाम् ॥
drupada uvāca
aśrutvaivaṃ vacanaṃ te maharṣe; mayā pūrvaṃ yatitaṃ kāryam etat ||
na vai śakyaṃ vihitasyāpayātuṃ; tad evedam upapannaṃ vidhānam ||
diṣṭasya granthir anivartanīyaḥ; svakarmaṇā vihitaṃ neha kiṃ cit ||
kṛtaṃ nimittaṃ hi varaikahetos; tad evedam upapannaṃ bahūnām ||
Drupada said: "Not having yet heard your word, O great sage, I had already striven toward this very deed; what is ordained cannot be escaped -- this very arrangement has come to pass. The knot of destiny is inescapable, and nothing here is accomplished by one's own action alone; what I arranged for the sake of a single suitor has come to pass for many."
2de9ce0e3187 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:44:41 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the king bows before the inescapability of divine arrangement. His words are telling: "the knot of destiny is inescapable" -- a man plans one thing, and Providence brings about another. The Lord's will overrules human calculation: Drupada had hoped for one son-in-law, and five were given. Thus the verse shows humility before the will from above; and the king accepts what has happened as foreordained.