Shloka 15
Nārāyaṇa-tejas: Kṛṣṇa’s Vrata, the Fire-Manifestation, and the Sages’ Inquiry (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय १२६)
“मनुष्य दान करता हो या न करता हो, वह ऊपरके लोकमें रहता हो या नीचेके लोकमें, जिसे कर्मानुसार जैसा लोक प्राप्त होगा, वह अपने उसी लोकमें जायगा ।।
prāpsyasi tv annapānāni yāni vāñchasi kānicit | medhāvy asi kule jātaḥ śrutavān anṛśaṃsavān ||
ビーシュマは言った。「人が施すか施さぬか、上界に住むか下界に住むかにかかわらず、業に応じて得た世界があるなら、必ずその世界へ赴く。だが汝は、望むままの食と飲み物を得よう。汝は聡明で、良き家系に生まれ、学識があり、しかも慈悲深い。これらの徳はダルマを支え、そのふさわしい果をもたらす。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
One’s destination (loka) is determined by one’s own actions (karma); merit and ethical qualities such as learning and compassion support favorable outcomes, while each being inevitably reaches the realm earned by conduct.
Bhishma continues his instruction on dharma, emphasizing karmic consequence and reassuring the listener that, due to his virtues—wisdom, good upbringing, learning, and non-cruelty—he will attain the desired enjoyments (food and drink) and an appropriate realm.