सिद्धस्य पौरुषेणेह फलस्य फलशालिना । शुभाशुभार्थसंपत्तिर्दैवशब्देन कथ्यते ॥ ४ ॥
siddhasya pauruṣēṇēha phalasya phalaśālinā | śubhāśubhārthasaṁpattirdaivaśabdēna kathyatē || 4 ||
Translation
When a fruit has been brought about here by effort, the coming of what is good or bad to the one who holds that fruit is what the word fate names.
Word by word
- siddhasya
- brought about
- pauruṣēṇa
- by effort
- iha
- here
- phalasya
- of a fruit
- phalaśālinā
- to the one who holds that fruit
- śubha
- good
- aśubha
- or bad
- artha
- of what is
- saṁpattir
- (saṁpattiḥ) the coming
- daiva
- fate
- śabdēna
- by the word
- kathyatē
- is named
Meaning
Now the proper use of the word, given a third time in a new form. Another commentary: from effort, which surely brings its fruit, comes the good or bad result, and that coming is called fate. Fate then is not a cause standing behind the result. It is a name for the result's arrival (saṁpatti), seen from the side of the one who receives it. Grammar helps here. We say "it happened to me" of what we ourselves set going. The word is a way of speaking of the last link of a chain, when the first links have gone out of sight.