Shloka 13
स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः
Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification
शुभानामशुभानां च द्वौ राशी पुरुषर्षभ । यः पूर्व सुकृतं भुड्चक्ते पश्चान्रिरयमेव स:,'पुरुषप्रवर! मनुष्यके जीवनमें शुभ और अशुभ कर्मोंकी दो राशियाँ सज्चित होती हैं। जो पहले ही शुभ कर्म भोग लेता है उसे पीछे नरकमें ही जाना पड़ता है
śubhānām aśubhānāṁ ca dvau rāśī puruṣarṣabha | yaḥ pūrvaṁ sukṛtaṁ bhuṅkte paścān nirayam eva saḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O bull among men, in a person’s life there are two accumulated heaps—of auspicious deeds and of inauspicious deeds. He who first exhausts the fruit of his merit must thereafter go only to hell (to undergo the remaining demerit).”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person carries accumulated merit and demerit; if one’s merit is enjoyed first, the remaining demerit must still be undergone, leading to suffering (symbolized as ‘hell’). The verse stresses moral causality and the inevitability of karmic fruition.
Vaiśampāyana is explaining a principle of karmic accounting in the Svargārohaṇa context, clarifying how beings experience the results of good and bad deeds in sequence—enjoyment of merit followed by the expiation of remaining sin.