Shloka 17
Adhyāya 290: Sāṃkhya-vidhi, Deha-doṣa, Guṇa-vicāra, and Mokṣa-gati
Bhīṣma–Yudhiṣṭhira Dialogue
निरन्तरं च मिश्र च लभते कर्म पार्थिव । कल्याणं यदि वा पापं न तु नाशो<स्य विद्यते
nirantaraṃ ca miśraṃ ca labhate karma pārthiva | kalyāṇaṃ yadi vā pāpaṃ na tu nāśo 'sya vidyate, rājan ||
Parāśara dit : «Ô roi, l’être humain reçoit les fruits de l’action : tantôt comme une joie ininterrompue, tantôt comme une expérience mêlée de plaisir et de peine. Qu’un acte soit propice ou fautif, il ne s’éteint pas sans être éprouvé comme le fruit qui lui est dû.»
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Karma inevitably yields its fruit: whether merit or sin, an action does not simply vanish; its result must be experienced, sometimes as pure happiness and sometimes as a mixed outcome of happiness and suffering.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and moral order, the sage Parāśara addresses a king, explaining the inescapable operation of karmic results in human life.