Shloka 32
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
यथा क्षेत्र मृदूभूतमद्भिराप्लावितं तथा । जनयत्यड्कुरं कर्म नृणां तद्वत् पुनर्भवम्
yathā kṣetraṃ mṛdūbhūtam adbhir āplāvitaṃ tathā | janayaty aṅkuraṃ karma nṛṇāṃ tadvat punarbhavam ||
Janaka dit : «De même qu’un champ bien labouré, rendu meuble et irrigué au moment opportun fait surgir une pousse de la semence qu’on y a jetée, ainsi les actes d’un homme—bons ou mauvais—produisent la renaissance.»
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Rebirth is not random: it is generated by one’s own karma. As a prepared and watered field makes a seed sprout, so moral and immoral actions mature into future embodiment and experience.
In a reflective, instructional exchange in the Śānti Parva, King Janaka explains a causal principle using an agrarian metaphor, linking human conduct (karma) to its inevitable fruition as renewed existence (punarbhava).