Shloka 2
कर्मनाशाभावः, गर्भे जीवप्रवेशः, आचारधर्मोपदेशः
Karma’s Non-Extinction, Jīva’s Entry into the Embryo, and Instruction on Conduct-Dharma
यथा प्रसूयमानस्तु फली दद्यात् फलं बहु । तथा स्याद् विपुलं पुण्यं शुद्धेन मनसा कृतम्,जैसे फल देनेवाला वृक्ष फलनेका समय आनेपर बहुत-से फल प्रदान करता है, उसी प्रकार शुद्ध हृदयसे किये हुए पुण्यका फल अधिक होता है
yathā prasūyamānas tu phalī dadyāt phalaṃ bahu | tathā syād vipulaṃ puṇyaṃ śuddhena manasā kṛtam ||
Just as a fruit-bearing tree, when it comes into season, yields abundant fruit, so too merit (puṇya) performed with a purified mind becomes exceedingly fruitful. The verse stresses that inner purity and intention are what make ethical action truly productive, not merely the outward act.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Merit grows in proportion to inner purity: actions done with a clean, sincere mind yield far greater ethical and spiritual results, just as a tree in season produces abundant fruit.
A Brahmin speaker uses a simple agrarian simile—fruiting season and a fruit tree—to instruct listeners that the quality of the mind behind an act determines the magnitude of its moral fruit (phala).