Shanti Parva Adhyaya 182 Shloka 11 - Mahabharata | Assamese | Vedapath

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Shloka 11

Varṇa-lakṣaṇa and Ātma-saṃyama (Marks of Social Conduct and Self-Restraint) | वर्णलक्षणम् एवं आत्मसंयमः

Devanagari script

स्वकर्मफलनिभक्षेपं विधानपरिरक्षितम्‌ । भूतग्राममिमं काल: समनन्‍्तात्‌ परिकर्षति

Transliteration

svakarmaphalanibhakṣepaṁ vidhānaparirakṣitam | bhūtagrāmam imaṁ kālaḥ samanantāt parikarṣati ||

Translation

ভীষ্মে ক’লে—নিজ নিজ কৰ্মফল এটা যেন এক নিক্ষেপ (ধৰোহৰ), বিধিৰ শাসনত সংৰক্ষিত থাকে। উপযুক্ত সময় আহিলে কাল সেই সঞ্চিত ফলক সমগ্ৰ প্ৰাণীসমাজৰ ওচৰলৈ টানি আনে আৰু প্ৰতিজনক তেওঁ উপাৰ্জিত ফলৰ সন্মুখীন কৰে।

Word by Word

स्वकर्मफलनिभक्षेपम्a deposit/pledge like one’s own action’s fruit

विधानपरिरक्षितम्protected/guarded by ordinance (vidhāna)

भूतग्रामम्the multitude/aggregate of beings

इमम्this

कालःTime (as an agent)

समन्तात्from all sides; on every side

परिकर्षतिdraws/pulls (towards); drags along

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Kāla (Time)

Bhūtagrāma (community of beings)

Karmaphala (fruit of action)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Karmic results are not lost: each person’s deeds leave a preserved ‘deposit’ of consequences, safeguarded by cosmic order, and Time inevitably delivers those results when conditions mature.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right understanding, Bhishma explains to the listener that the unfolding of pleasure and pain in beings is governed by karma, with Time acting as the force that brings stored results to fruition.