इष्टानिष्टफलप्राप्ताविदमित्यस्य वाचकम् । आश्वासनामात्रवचो दैवमित्येव कथ्यते ॥ १० ॥
iṣṭāniṣṭaphalaprāptāvidamityasya vācakam | āśvāsanāmātravacō daivamityēva kathyatē || 10 ||
Translation
When a wanted or unwanted fruit comes, the words that express it as "this", a saying that is only a comfort: that is what is called fate.
Word by word
- iṣṭa
- wanted
- aniṣṭa
- or unwanted
- phala
- fruit
- prāptāv
- (prāptau) when comes
- idam
- this
- ity
- (iti) as
- asya
- it
- vācakam
- the words that express
- āśvāsanā
- a comfort
- mātra
- only
- vacō
- (vacaḥ) a saying
- daivam
- fate
- ēva
- indeed
- kathyatē
- is called
Meaning
The series ends on consolation, as the sargas before it did (2.7.15, 2.8.15). Words that steady a person are what the term has been all along. Another commentary: the speech that gives firmness of mind is what is called fate. Six verses have now said that fate is a word: for the arrival of fruit, for what is bound to come, for an appearance, for a saying, for a comfort. No verse has said that it is a thing. Rāma, who has followed closely, now breaks in.