Shloka 29
Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)
सिद्ध उवाच विविधै: कर्मभिस्तात पुण्ययोगैश्व केवलै: । गच्छन्तीह गतिं मर्त्या देवलोके च संस्थितिम्,सिद्धने कहा--तात काश्यप! मनुष्य नाना प्रकारके शुभ कर्मोंका अनुष्ठान करके केवल पुण्यके संयोगसे इस लोकमें उत्तम फल और देवलोकमें स्थान प्राप्त करते हैं
siddha uvāca: vividhaiḥ karmabhiḥ tāta puṇya-yogaiś ca kevalaiḥ | gacchantīha gatiṁ martyā devaloke ca saṁsthitim ||
The Siddha said: “Dear one, by performing many kinds of actions—actions that are meritorious—mortals attain, here in this world, a favorable course and result; and by the mere conjunction of merit they also gain a settled abode in the realm of the gods.”
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Meritorious action (puṇya-karma) shapes one’s destiny: it yields good outcomes in this life and can lead to an established place in heaven (devaloka). The verse emphasizes ethical causality—results follow from the moral quality of deeds.
A Siddha instructs the addressed listener (“tāta”) about the fruits of varied virtuous actions, explaining how humans, through merit alone, obtain favorable worldly results and a heavenly abode.