श्रीअक्रूर उवाच राजन् मनीषितं सध्र्यक् तव स्वावद्यमार्जनम् । सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्यो: समं कुर्याद्दैवं हि फलसाधनम् ॥ ३८ ॥
śrī-akrūra uvāca rājan manīṣitaṁ sadhryak tava svāvadya-mārjanam siddhy-asiddhyoḥ samaṁ kuryād daivaṁ hi phala-sādhanam
- śrī-akrūraḥ uvāca
- Śrī Akrūra said
- rājan
- O King
- manīṣitam
- the thinking
- sadhryak
- perfect
- tava
- your
- sva
- your own
- avadya
- misfortune
- mārjanam
- which will wash away
- siddhi-asiddhyoḥ
- in both success and failure
- samam
- equal
- kuryāt
- one should act
- daivam
- destiny
- hi
- after all
- phala
- the fruit, result
- sādhanam
- the cause of achieving
Śrī Akrūra said: O King, you have expertly devised a process to free yourself of misfortune. Still, one should be equal in success and failure, since it is certainly destiny that produces the results of one’s work.