Shloka 33
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
अकुर्वन् पापकं कर्म पुण्यं वाप्यवतिष्ठते ।
यद्यत्प्राप्नोति पुरुषो दुःखं सुखमथापि वा ॥
akurvan pāpakaṃ karma puṇyaṃ vāpy avatiṣṭhate / yad yat prāpnoti puruṣo duḥkhaṃ sukham athāpi vā
પાપકર્મ કર્યા વિના—અને પુણ્યકર્મ પણ કર્યા વિના—કોઈ ફળભોગ માટે રહેતો નથી; મનુષ્ય જે કંઈ પામે, દુઃખ હોય કે સુખ, તે કર્મજન્ય જ છે।
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FAQs
The text asserts karmic determinacy: experiences of happiness or suffering are not causeless but trace back to one’s deeds (including mental and verbal acts by implication).
Dharma/karma instruction; ancillary to purāṇic narrative rather than a lakṣaṇa section.
This frames the cosmos as ethically intelligible: ‘fate’ is the maturation of prior intention and action, preserving a moral order (ṛta/dharma) across time.