Shloka 6
भरतचरितम्—मृगासक्ति-हेतुकः समाधिभङ्गः, जातिस्मरत्वं, रहूगण-जाḍभरत-संवादः
विप्रत्वे च कृतं तेन यद् भूयः सुमहात्मना पूर्वकर्मस्वभावेन तन् ममाख्यातुम् अर्हसि
vipratve ca kṛtaṃ tena yad bhūyaḥ sumahātmanā pūrvakarmasvabhāvena tan mamākhyātum arhasi
ब्राह्मणत्व प्राप्त करके उस महात्मा ने आगे क्या किया? पूर्व कर्मों के स्वभाव से प्रेरित होकर जो कुछ हुआ, वह मुझे बताने योग्य है।
Maitreya (questioning Sage Parāśara)
FAQs
This verse highlights that present identity and future actions are propelled by prior karmic tendencies, making genealogy and life-events intelligible as expressions of dharma and cosmic order.
Through Maitreya’s prompts like this one, Parāśara narrates how earlier deeds mature into status, opportunity, and conduct—linking personal virtue and vice to the broader historical flow of lineages.
Even when Vishnu is not named in a given verse, the Purāṇa frames karma and dharma as operating within Vishnu’s sovereign cosmic order, where moral causality ultimately serves the maintenance of the world.