Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 25
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
संचिनोत्यशुभं कर्म कलत्रापेक्षया नर: | एक: क्लेशानवाप्रोति परत्रेह च मानव:
sañcinoty aśubhaṃ karma kalatrāpekṣayā naraḥ | ekaḥ kleśān avāpnoti paratreha ca mānavaḥ ||
मनुष्य पत्नी और गृहस्थी के मोह-वश अशुभ कर्मों का संचय करता है; पर इस लोक और परलोक में उन कर्मों के क्लेशमय, भयावह फल उसे अकेले ही भोगने पड़ते हैं।
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should not justify wrongdoing as being for family or dependents; karmic results adhere to the doer, who must bear the suffering alone in this life and the next.
A Brahmin speaker delivers a moral instruction in the Shanti Parva, warning that attachment to spouse and household can lead a person to commit sins, but the burden of their consequences is not shared—only the individual experiences the fruits.