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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 ||

So tragen Handlungen—vielfältig in ihrer Art—ihre Früchte in jeweils eigenen, entsprechenden Bereichen. Wie man nicht auf dem Land vorankommt, indem man ein Boot besteigt, und nicht auf dem Wasser reist, indem man einen Wagen besteigt, so führen auch unterschiedliche Taten zu unterschiedlichen Zielen. In dieser Welt trifft einen die Folge von eben der Art, wie die Handlung war, die man vollbracht hat.

एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
कर्मaction, deed
कर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
कृतम्done, performed
कृतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
चित्रम्variegated, diverse, strange
चित्रम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootचित्र
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
विषयस्थम्situated in (its) domain/place; place-bound
विषयस्थम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootविषय-स्थ
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
पृथक्separately
पृथक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृथक्
पृथक्each in its own way (repeated for emphasis)
पृथक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृथक्
यथाas, just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
कर्मaction, deed
कर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
कृतम्done, performed
कृतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
तथाso, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एतान्these (persons/ones)
एतान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
उपपद्यतेbefits; is applicable; comes to (them)
उपपद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootउप√पद्
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vayu (Vayudeva)
B
boat (naukā)
C
chariot (ratha)
L
land (sthala)
W
water (jala)

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.