Shloka 12
कृतस्य तु फल तत्र प्रत्यक्षमुपल भ्यते । पानासनाशनोपेता: प्रासादभवनाश्रया:,वहाँ किये हुए कर्मका फल प्रत्यक्ष उपलब्ध होता है। उस लोकमें कुछ लोग बड़े-बड़े महलोंमें रहते, अच्छे आसनोंपर बैठते और उत्तमोत्तम वस्तुएँ खाते-पीते हैं। समस्त कामनाओंसे सम्पन्न और सुवर्णमय आभूषणोंसे विभूषित होते हैं तथा कुछ लोगोंको प्राणधारणमात्रके लिये भोजन प्राप्त होता है, कुछ लोग बड़े परिश्रमसे तपोमय जीवन व्यतीत करते हुए प्राण धारण करते हैं (इस प्रकार वह लोक इस लोकसे सर्वथा उत्कृष्ट है)
kṛtasya tu phalaṃ tatra pratyakṣam upalabhyate | pānāsanāśanopetāḥ prāsādabhavanāśrayāḥ |
Bharadvāja said: “In that realm, the result of one’s deeds is perceived directly. There are those who dwell in lofty mansions, seated on fine seats, enjoying excellent food and drink. Endowed with fulfilled desires and adorned with golden ornaments, they live in evident prosperity; while others obtain only enough food to sustain life, and some maintain themselves through a life of austerity and strenuous effort. Thus that world is described as surpassing this one.”
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes karma-phala: in the other world the consequences of actions become directly visible, producing unequal conditions—luxury for some, mere subsistence or austere struggle for others—according to their deeds.
Bharadvāja is describing the nature of a higher realm where the results of past conduct are experienced plainly, illustrating a moral order in which one’s lived circumstances correspond to prior actions.