Shloka 37
भृगु–भरद्वाजसंवादः: वर्णभेदस्य कर्माधारितव्याख्या
Bhrigu–Bharadvaja Dialogue: A Karma-Based Account of Varṇa
उत्सहन्ते च ते वृत्तिमन्यामप्युपसेवितुम् । स्वकर्मणा तु नियतं भवितव्यं तु तत् तथा
utsahante ca te vṛttim anyām apy upasevitum | svakarmaṇā tu niyataṁ bhavitavyaṁ tu tat tathā ||
Dijo Bhīṣma: «Incluso pueden mostrar afán por dedicarse a otro sustento; pero lo que está fijado por el propio karma es lo que ha de suceder—y así, en verdad, acontece».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Human beings may attempt to change their occupation or life-course, but the outcome is ultimately shaped by what is determined through their own karma; effort operates within the bounds of karmic causality.
In Bhishma’s instruction during the Shanti Parva, he comments on people’s attempts to adopt alternative livelihoods, emphasizing that what is karmically fixed for a person is what will finally manifest.