आयुः कर्म च वित्तं च विद्या निधनमेव च । पञ्चैतानि हि सृज्यन्ते गर्भस्थस्यैव देहिनः ॥
āyuḥ karma ca vittaṃ ca vidyā nidhanameva ca | pañcaitāni hi sṛjyante garbhasthasyaiva dehinaḥ ||
Lifespan, deeds, wealth, learning and death: these five are fixed for an embodied being while he is still in the womb.
आयु, कर्म, धन, विद्या और मृत्यु, ये पाँचों देहधारी के गर्भ में रहते हुए ही रच दिए जाते हैं।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
This is the voice of fatalism, stated so it can be answered: the text goes on to call such talk the excuse of those who will not act. Some things are beyond our control, but learning and effort are not among the things we can hand over to fate.
यह भाग्यवाद की आवाज़ है, जिसे उत्तर देने के लिए रखा गया है: ग्रंथ आगे इसे काम न करने वालों का बहाना कहता है। कुछ बातें हमारे वश में नहीं, पर पढ़ाई और प्रयास को भाग्य के भरोसे नहीं छोड़ा जा सकता।
King Sudarshana raises the fatalist objection: perhaps a person's lot is fixed from the womb, so teaching cannot help. The following verses answer it.