Shloka 27
अन्यो हि नाक्षाति कृतं हि कर्म मनुष्यलोके मनुजस्य कश्रित् | यत् तेन किंचिद्धि कृतं हि कर्म तदश्लुते नास्ति कृतस्य नाश:
anyo hi nākṣāti kṛtaṃ hi karma manuṣyaloke manujasya kaścit | yat tena kiñciddhi kṛtaṃ hi karma tadaśnute nāsti kṛtasya nāśaḥ ||
The hunter said: “In the world of men, no one can escape the consequences of actions once performed. Whatever deed a person has done—however small—its result must be experienced; there is no destruction or annulment of what has been done.”
व्याध उवाच
Educational Q&A
That actions inevitably bear fruit: a person cannot nullify a deed once done, and must experience its consequences—good or bad—since the ‘done’ does not simply vanish.
The hunter (vyādha), instructing on dharma, emphasizes moral causality: in human life no one can evade the results of their own actions, even if the act seems small.