Devanagari
अलब्ध्वा न विषीदेत काले कालेऽशनं क्वचित् ।
लब्ध्वा न हृष्येद् धृतिमानुभयं दैवतन्त्रितम् ॥ ३३ ॥
Verse text
alabdhvā na viṣīdeta
kāle kāle ’śanaṁ kvacit
labdhvā na hṛṣyed dhṛtimān
ubhayaṁ daiva-tantritam
Synonyms
alabdhvā
—
not obtaining
;
na
—
not
;
viṣīdeta
—
he should be depressed
;
kāle kāle
—
at different times
;
aśanam
—
food
;
kvacit
—
whatever
;
labdhvā
—
obtaining
;
na
—
not
;
hṛṣyet
—
should rejoice
;
dhṛti
—
mān — fixed in determination
;
ubhayam
—
both (obtaining and not obtaining good food)
;
daiva
—
of the supreme power of God
;
tantritam
—
under the control .
Translation
If at times one does not obtain proper food one should not be depressed, and when one obtains sumptuous food one should not rejoice. Being fixed in determination, one should understand both situations to be under the control of God.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
If at times one does not obtain proper food one should not be depressed, and when one obtains sumptuous food one should not rejoice. Being fixed in determination, one should understand both situations to be under the control of karma.
One should not rejoice or lament since both getting and not getting are under the law of karma (daiva-tantritam).
Purport
Because we desire to enjoy the material body, the varieties of material experience bring us flickering happiness and inevitable suffering. We foolishly consider ourselves to be controllers and doers, and thus through false egotism we are subjected to the volatile feelings of the material body and mind.