îçéê窠  çÌæÐÆ몠  ¬È´Èª   í÷¨ôæ÷ª×몠     372
ÍæûȪ   ã÷ª÷æР  æéì
 

îçéê

ignorance

çÌæÐÆëª

will induce

¬È²   ÃȪ

the fate that destroys wealth

í÷¨²    íæ÷ª×ëª

will widen one's intellect

Íæùª    ÃȪ

the fate that brings about prosperity

ã÷ª÷æÐæéì

at the advent

The   fate   that   ordains   wealth   or   suffering   will   provide
or   remove   the   needed   intelligence   (372).    
Åúªú¨á   ¿ùªçù   æ÷ªç¨Ä몠  ë÷ª×åÐê䪠      373
ãúªéë   í÷¨îô   ë¨Æëª
 
 

¿ùª	scriptures

çù

many

æ÷ªç¨Äëª

even if one studies

ë÷ª×몠   êäª

even then his

ãúªéë    í÷¨îô

intellect induced by fate

ë¨Æëª

will override

 
No   study   of   the   great   books   will   avail   the   man   to
override   his   intelligence   induced   by   fate   (373).  
¬Õîô×   ãùæêÐÊ   ¬á÷ªéæ   ê¨Õîô×        374
âêóªó¨á   õèêÙ몠  îô×
 

¬Õîô×

is of two types

ãùæêÐÊ

of the world

¬á÷ªéæ

nature

ê¨Õ	prosperity

îô×

is one

âêóªó¨áõÐ

wisdom

ÍêÙëª

possessed of

îô×	is another

 
Fate   leads   to   two   different   things-it   can   lead   to   wealth
or   lead   to   wisdom     (374).
 
åùªùéô   öùªùè몠  ê©áôè몠  ê©á²ëª            375
åùªùôè몠  âòùªô몠  âòá÷ªÆ
 

åùªùéô

the good aspects

öùªùèëª

all

ê©áôèëª

are bad

ê©á²ëª

the bad aspects

åùªùôèëª

are good

âòùªôëª

wealth

âòá÷ªÆ

in the effort (for accumulation of wealth)

 
Sometimes   good   work   leads   to   loss   and   sometimes   bad   work
leads   to   gain-that   is   the   way   of   fate   (375).
 
çõ¨á¨Ä몠  Íæèôè몠  çèùùªù   ãáªêÐÊòР        376
âòèõ¨á¨Ä몠  îçèæè   êë
 

çõ¨á¨Äëª

even though guarded with great effort

Íæèôèëª

will not be preserved

çèùª    íùªù

what is not one's entitlement through fate

ãáªêÐÊ

taken

âòèõ¨á¨Äëª

even if cast away

îçèæè

cannot be shaken off

êë	what is one's entitlement through fate

 
Fate   destroys   what   one   takes   great   pains   to   retain   and
preserves   what   one   may   wish   to   throw   away   (376).

ôÆêÐêè䪠  ôÆêÐê   ôéæáùªùèùª   îæèï        377
âêèÆêÐêèõÐæÐÆ몠  ÊáªêÐêùª   íõ¨Ê
 

ôÆêÐêèäª

fate (God)

ôÆêÐê

ordained

ôéæáùªùèùª

other than that

îæèï

countless

âêèÆêÐêèõÐæÐÆëª

even if accumulated

ÊáªêÐêùª

more than that

íõ¨Ê	not available for enjoyment

 
For   him   who   has   accumulated   great   wealth,   fate   will   ordain
the   measure   of   his   enjoyment   of   it   (377).  
Ê÷çªçèõÐë䪠  Ê窵õ   ô¨ùªùèõР  ã÷÷ªçèù      378
Ãìªìè   æȨ±ëª   öä¨äª
 

Ê÷çªçèõÐ

will renounce (material comforts)

ëäª

O!

Êçªç¨÷ô¨ùªùèõÐ

the have-nots

ã÷÷ª    çèù

the adversities ordained

Ãìªìè

without giving suffering

æȨ±ëª

will pass

öä¨äª

if so

 
Even   the   poor   will   take   to   renunciation   if   it   will   save   them
from   the   suffering   ordained   by   fate   (378).

åäª÷觪æèùª  åùªùôèæР æèúªçôõР íäª÷觪æèùª   379
íùªù÷ª   çÌô   âêôäª
 

åäª×    Í몠  æèùª

when good things happen

åùªùÍ

benefits

æèúªçôõÐ

enjoy

íäª×Íëªæèùª

when bad (not good) things happen

íùªùùª    çÌôÊ

suffer

öôäª

why

 
Why   should   he   who   enjoys   benefit   when   it   comes,   complain
when   difficulties   also   (inevitably)   come   ?   (379)

ÃȨ÷ª   âçÕôù¨   áè²ó   ë÷ªâ÷èäª×           380
ÎȨÄ몠  êèäªËåР  Ê×ëª
 

ÃȨäª

than fate

âçÕôù¨

more powerful

áè      ãó

what can there be ?

ë÷ªâ÷èäª×

efforts to overcome fate

ÎȨÄëª

even if planned

êè䪠   ËåÐÊ×ëª

that (fate alone) will supersede

 
What   power   can   be   greater   than   fate   ?     Efforts   to   avert,
even   if   planned,   will   leave   fate   in   the   fore   (380).