Mahabharata — Ashvamedhika Parva, Shloka 31
Mind as Charioteer; Kṣetrajña, Tapas, and Dhyāna-Yoga
Adhyātma-Upadeśa
एवं कर्म कृतं चित्र विषयस्थं पृथक् पृथक् । यथा कर्म कृतं लोके तथैतानुपपद्यते
evaṁ karma kṛtaṁ citraṁ viṣaya-sthaṁ pṛthak pṛthak | yathā karma kṛtaṁ loke tathaitān upapadyate ||
এইভাবে কর্ম নানাবিধ; প্রত্যেকটি নিজ নিজ ক্ষেত্রে পৃথক পৃথক ফল দেয়। এই জগতে যেমন কর্ম করা হয়, তেমনই ফল এসে পড়ে।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Actions are domain-specific in their effects: each deed yields a corresponding result, and mismatched means cannot produce the intended end—just as a boat is for water and a chariot for land.
Vayudeva delivers a didactic statement explaining karmic correspondence, using everyday analogies (boat/land, chariot/water) to stress that beings reach different outcomes according to the particular actions they have performed.