श्रीवसुदेव उवाच अम्ब मास्मानसूयेथा दैवक्रीडनकान् नरान् । ईशस्य हि वशे लोक: कुरुते कार्यतेऽथ वा ॥ २० ॥
śrī-vasudeva uvāca amba māsmān asūyethā daiva-krīḍanakān narān īśasya hi vaśe lokaḥ kurute kāryate ’tha vā
- śrī-vasudevaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Vasudeva said
- amba
- my dear sister
- mā
- please do not
- asmān
- with us
- asūyethāḥ
- be angry
- daiva
- of fate
- krīḍanakān
- the playthings
- narān
- men
- īśasya
- of the Supreme Lord
- hi
- indeed
- vaśe
- under the control
- lokaḥ
- a person
- kurute
- acts on his own
- kāryate
- is made to act by others
- atha vā
- or else
Śrī Vasudeva said: Dear sister, please do not be angry with us. We are only ordinary men, playthings of fate. Indeed, whether a person acts on his own or is forced by others, he is always under the Supreme Lord’s control.