Shloka 111
Pitṛ-tīrtha Context: Marks of Sin, Śrāddha Discipline, and Karmic Ripening
in Yayāti’s Narrative
नाभुक्तस्यान्यथा नाशः कल्पकोटिशतैरपि । यः करोति स्वयं कर्म कारयेद्वानुमोदयेत्
nābhuktasyānyathā nāśaḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi | yaḥ karoti svayaṃ karma kārayedvānumodayet
Für den, der die Frucht seiner Taten noch nicht erfahren hat, gibt es keinen anderen Weg, sie zu vernichten – selbst nicht in Hunderten von Krores an Kalpas. Ob jemand die Tat selbst vollbringt, sie durch einen anderen ausführen lässt oder ihr zustimmt: Die Folge muss getragen werden.
Unspecified (context not provided for dialogue attribution)
Concept: Karmaphala is unavoidable until experienced; agency includes doing, causing, and consenting.
Application: Treat approval and enabling as moral participation; practice restraint in speech/online endorsement, choose sattvic work, and adopt expiatory disciplines (japa, dāna, vrata) before habits harden.
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A vast cosmic courtroom stretches across kalpa-cycles: a lone human figure stands before a luminous balance of deeds, while time-wheels and starry aeons revolve behind. Three shadowy silhouettes—one acting, one directing another, one merely nodding—cast identical karmic reflections into a river of consequences.","primary_figures":["Personified Dharma (as a radiant judge-like presence)","A human actor (jīva)","Three silhouettes representing doer/instigator/approver"],"setting":"Celestial hall suspended in space, with a cosmic scale, scrolls of deeds, and a horizon of turning yugas and kalpas.","lighting_mood":"divine radiance","color_palette":["sapphire blue","smoky indigo","gold leaf","ash gray","crimson accent"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a cosmic dharma-sabha with a radiant Dharma figure holding a golden scale, the jīva in humble posture, three attendant silhouettes (doer/instigator/approver) mirrored in the scale-pan; heavy gold leaf halos, rich vermilion and emerald borders, gem-studded ornaments, stylized lotus motifs framing the kalpa-wheels in the background.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: delicate celestial court floating over a deep blue night sky, fine linework showing a turning wheel of time, the jīva and three subtle figures in soft earth tones; lyrical clouds, refined faces, cool palette with restrained gold highlights, moral drama conveyed through gesture and gaze.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold black outlines, flat yet vibrant pigments; Dharma as a majestic figure with large expressive eyes, golden scale centered, three figures in sequential panels (doing, ordering, consenting); red-yellow-green dominance with deep blue cosmic band, temple-wall symmetry.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: Vishnu-centric moral cosmos—an ornate lotus border with repeating time-wheel motifs, a central golden scale beneath a stylized Vaishnava tilaka emblem; peacocks and floral vines framing the three modes of agency, deep indigo ground with gold and lotus-pink highlights."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["low temple bell","deep drone (tanpura)","conch shell (soft, distant)","silence between lines"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: नाभुक्तस्य = न + अभुक्तस्य; अभुक्तस्याऽन्यथा = अभुक्तस्य + अन्यथा; कारयेद्वा = कारयेत् + वा.
FAQs
It teaches the inevitability of karmic results: deeds do not vanish without being experienced, even across vast spans of cosmic time.
Yes. It explicitly includes three modes—doing an act oneself, getting it done through another, and consenting/approving—implying responsibility in all three.
It warns against outsourcing wrongdoing or merely endorsing it; moral accountability extends to encouragement and approval, not only direct action.