Shloka 8
उशनसः (शुक्रस्य) चरितम् — The Account of Uśanā (Śukra): Yoga, Grievance, and Pacification
नेशेडयं सततं देही नृपते पुण्यपापयो: । तत एव समुत्थेन तमसा रुध्यतेडपि च,नरेश्वर! यह जीवात्मा पुण्य और पापके फल सुख और दु:ख भोगनेमें स्वतन्त्र नहीं है, उन पुण्य और पापोंसे उत्पन्न संस्काररूप अन्धकारसे यह आच्छन्न हो जाता है
bhīṣma uvāca | neśeḍayaṃ satataṃ dehī nṛpate puṇyapāpayoḥ | tata eva samutthena tamasā rudhyate 'pi ca, nareśvara |
Bhishma said: “O king, the embodied self is not continually the independent master of merit and sin (and their results). Rather, O lord of men, it becomes veiled and constrained by the darkness that arises from those very deeds—an obscuring mass of impressions—so that it undergoes pleasure and pain under that covering.”
भीष्म उवाच