Shloka 15
अव्यक्त–व्यक्त–कारणकार्यविवेकः
Avyakta–Vyakta and Causality: Discrimination of Field and Knower
प्रणीतं कर्मणा मार्ग नीयमान: पुन: पुनः । प्राप्रोत्ययं कर्मफल प्रवृत्तं धर्ममाप्तवान्
bhīṣma uvāca | praṇītaṃ karmaṇā mārgaṃ nīyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ | prāpnoty ayaṃ karmaphalaṃ pravṛttaṃ dharmam āptavān |
قال بهيشما: من احتمى بالفعل الذي تهيمن عليه الانشغالات الدنيوية—ثوابًا وإثمًا—ساقته أفعاله مرارًا وتكرارًا إلى طريق العمل (الكَرْمَا). وهكذا يُجعل هائمًا في دورة الوجود، فينال مرارًا ثمرات الكرما في صورة لذة وألم.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to pravṛtti-oriented action (merit–demerit producing deeds) keeps the being bound to samsāra: karma itself repeatedly drives one along the karmic path, yielding inevitable results as sukha and duḥkha.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising on dharma and liberation-oriented reflection, explaining to the listener that worldly action governed by merit and demerit causes repeated wandering and repeated experience of karmic fruits.