इति प्रत्यक्षतो दृष्टमनुभूतं श्रुतं कृतम् । दैवात्तमिति मन्यन्ते ये हतास्ते कुबुद्धयः ॥ २९ ॥
iti pratyakṣatō dṛṣṭamanubhūtaṁ śrutaṁ kṛtam | daivāttamiti manyantē yē hatāstē kubuddhayaḥ || 29 ||
Translation
So it is seen directly, experienced, heard and done. Those who think "it came from fate" are lost, people of poor understanding.
Word by word
- iti
- so; thus
- pratyakṣatō
- (pratyakṣataḥ) directly
- dṛṣṭam
- it is seen
- anubhūtaṁ
- experienced
- śrutaṁ
- heard
- kṛtam
- done
- daivāt
- from fate
- tam
- it
- manyantē
- think
- yē
- those who
- hatās
- (hatāḥ) are lost
- tē
- they
- kubuddhayaḥ
- people of poor understanding
Meaning
Vasiṣṭha speaks as one who knows. That effort works is seen directly (pratyakṣa), experienced, heard and done; the commentary has him say: we who are free while living have seen it with our own eyes. Those who still say it all came from fate are "lost" (hatāḥ), of poor understanding. The verse closes the argument with the weight of experience. It is not offered as theory, but as what the sages have lived.