तस्माद् भद्रे स्वतनयान् मया व्यापादितानपि । मानुशोच यत: सर्व: स्वकृतं विन्दतेऽवश: ॥ २१ ॥
tasmād bhadre sva-tanayān mayā vyāpāditān api mānuśoca yataḥ sarvaḥ sva-kṛtaṁ vindate ’vaśaḥ
- tasmāt
- therefore
- bhadre
- my dear sister (all auspiciousness unto you)
- sva-tanayān
- for your own sons
- mayā
- by me
- vyāpāditān
- unfortunately killed
- api
- although
- mā anuśoca
- do not be aggrieved
- yataḥ
- because
- sarvaḥ
- everyone
- sva-kṛtam
- the fruitive results of one’s own deeds
- vindate
- suffers or enjoys
- avaśaḥ
- under the control of providence
My dear sister Devakī, all good fortune unto you. Everyone suffers and enjoys the results of his own work under the control of providence. Therefore, although your sons have unfortunately been killed by me, please do not lament for them.