Shloka 15
अव्यक्त–व्यक्त–कारणकार्यविवेकः
Avyakta–Vyakta and Causality: Discrimination of Field and Knower
प्रणीतं कर्मणा मार्ग नीयमान: पुन: पुनः । प्राप्रोत्ययं कर्मफल प्रवृत्तं धर्ममाप्तवान्
bhīṣma uvāca | praṇītaṃ karmaṇā mārgaṃ nīyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ | prāpnoty ayaṃ karmaphalaṃ pravṛttaṃ dharmam āptavān |
भीष्म ने कहा—जिसने प्रवृत्तिप्रधान, पुण्य-पापमय कर्म का आश्रय लिया है, वह अपने ही कर्मों द्वारा बार-बार कर्ममार्ग पर ले जाया जाता है; और इस प्रकार संसार-चक्र में भटकता हुआ वह सुख-दुःखरूप कर्मफल को बार-बार प्राप्त करता है।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to pravṛtti-oriented action (merit–demerit producing deeds) keeps the being bound to samsāra: karma itself repeatedly drives one along the karmic path, yielding inevitable results as sukha and duḥkha.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising on dharma and liberation-oriented reflection, explaining to the listener that worldly action governed by merit and demerit causes repeated wandering and repeated experience of karmic fruits.