Shloka 19
जपयोगयोः तुल्यफलनिर्णयः
Adhyāya 193: Adjudication of the Comparable Fruits of Japa and Yoga
इह चिन्ता बहुविधा धर्माधर्मस्य कर्मण: । कर्मभूमिरियं लोके इह कृत्वा शुभाशुभम् | शुभे: शुभमवाप्रोति तथाशुभमथान्यथा
iha cintā bahuvidhā dharmādharmasya karmaṇaḥ | karmabhūmir iyaṃ loke iha kṛtvā śubhāśubham || śubheḥ śubham avāpnoti tathāśubham athānyathā ||
En este mundo surgen muchas reflexiones sobre la acción: qué es dharma y qué es adharma. Este mundo es el campo del karma: tras obrar aquí el bien o el mal, el hombre alcanza el buen fruto de las buenas acciones y, del mismo modo, padece el mal fruto de las malas—nunca de otra manera.
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches moral causality: this world is the arena where actions are performed, and actions reliably bear corresponding fruits—good deeds yield good results and evil deeds yield evil results, not the reverse.
Bharadvaja is speaking within the Shanti Parva’s instructional discourse, framing ethical inquiry about dharma and adharma and emphasizing the principle of karma and its fruits as a foundation for moral reasoning.