मैवास्मान् साध्व्यसूयेथा भ्रातुर्वैरूप्यचिन्तया । सुखदु:खदो न चान्योऽस्ति यत: स्वकृतभुक् पुमान् ॥ ३८ ॥
maivāsmān sādhvy asūyethā bhrātur vairūpya-cintayā sukha-duḥkha-do na cānyo ’sti yataḥ sva-kṛta-bhuk pumān
- mā
- please do not
- eva
- indeed
- asmān
- toward Us
- sādhvi
- O saintly lady
- asūyethāḥ
- feel inimical
- bhrātuḥ
- of your brother
- vairūpya
- over the disfigurement
- cintayā
- out of concern
- sukha
- of happiness
- duḥkha
- and unhappiness
- daḥ
- bestower
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- anyaḥ
- anyone else
- asti
- there is
- yataḥ
- since
- sva
- of his own
- kṛta
- action
- bhuk
- the sufferer of the reaction
- pumān
- a man
Saintly lady, please do not be displeased with Us out of anxiety for your brother’s disfigurement. No one but oneself is responsible for one’s joy and grief, for a man experiences the result of his own deeds.