Shloka 14
Śvetadvīpa-varṇana and Śāstra-pravartana (Śānti Parva 322)
आत्मना विदहितं दुःखमात्मना विहितं सुखम् | गर्भशय्यामुपादाय भुज्यते पौर्वदेहिकम्
bhīṣma uvāca | ātmanā vidhitaṃ duḥkham ātmanā vihitaṃ sukham | garbhaśayyām upādāya bhujyate paurvadehikam ||
ভীষ্মে ক’লে: দুখ আত্মাই বিধান কৰে, সুখো আত্মাই বিধান কৰে। জীৱে গৰ্ভশয্যা গ্ৰহণ কৰামাত্ৰেই পূৰ্বদেহত সঞ্চিত কৰ্মফল—সুখ-দুখ—ভোগ কৰিবলৈ আৰম্ভ কৰে।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
That both suffering and happiness arise from one’s own actions: the self is the maker of its experience, and the results of past deeds (even from a previous embodiment) inevitably mature and are undergone.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right understanding, Bhishma teaches Yudhishthira about karma and rebirth: the jīva, upon entering the womb, begins to experience the accumulated fruits of prior-life actions as pleasure and pain.