Shloka 4
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
कृत्स्नो मृतस्तथाश्नाति उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते ।
कथं ते च तथा तस्य फलं सम्पादयन्त्युत ॥
kṛtsno mṛtas tathāśnāti ubhe sukṛta-duṣkṛte |
kathaṃ te ca tathā tasya phalaṃ sampādayanty uta ||
Walau sepenuhnya mati, ia tetap ‘menikmati’ pahala dan dosa. Lalu bagaimana perbuatan-perbuatan itu menimbulkan buahnya baginya?
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FAQs
Actions are not annulled by death; moral causality persists. Therefore, ethical discipline is not merely social—it shapes postmortem destiny.
Not Vaṃśa/Manvantara narration; rather, doctrinal exposition that Purāṇas employ to explain dharma and the mechanics of saṃsāra (often adjacent to Sarga/Pratisarga discussions).
The metaphor of ‘eating’ karma-fruits suggests an inner experiencer beyond the corpse: the subtle continuum (liṅga/ sūkṣma śarīra) that ‘tastes’ pleasure and pain until knowledge severs bondage.