Shloka 31
अध्याय ७४: अक्रोध–क्षमा–निवासनीति
Chapter 74: Non-anger, Forbearance, and the Ethics of Residence
यमो वैवस्वतस्तस्य निर्यातयति दुष्कृतम् । हृदि स्थित: कर्मसाक्षी क्षेत्रज्ञो यस्य तुष्यति,“जिसपर हृदयस्थित कर्मसाक्षी क्षेत्रज्ञ परमात्मा संतुष्ट रहते हैं, सूर्यपुत्र यमराज उसके सभी पापोंको स्वयं नष्ट कर देते हैं
yamo vaivasvatas tasya niryātayati duṣkṛtam | hṛdi sthitaḥ karmasākṣī kṣetrajño yasya tuṣyati ||
Duṣyanta said: For the one in whose heart the Knower of the Field—the inner witness of all deeds—remains satisfied, Yama, the son of Vivasvān, himself removes (drives away) that person’s evil deeds. The ethical point is that inner integrity and the approval of the indwelling witness are presented as the true basis for freedom from sin’s consequences, beyond mere outward display.
दुष्यन्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
When the indwelling witness (kṣetrajña/karmasākṣī) is pleased—i.e., one’s conduct is inwardly righteous—then the consequences of wrongdoing are said to be removed; moral purity is grounded in inner truth and dharmic action, not merely external appearances.
Duṣyanta makes a dharmic assertion about moral causality: he invokes Yama (as Vaivasvata) and the heart-abiding witness to explain how sin is judged and dispelled, framing ethical accountability as both cosmic (Yama) and internal (the karmasākṣī).