Shloka 10
दैव–पुरुषकार-प्रश्नः
Daiva–Puruṣakāra Inquiry: Fate and Human Effort
शुभेन कर्मणा सौख्यं दु:ःखं पापेन कर्मणा । कृतं फलति सर्वत्र नाकृतं भुज्यते क्वचित्
bhīṣma uvāca | śubhena karmaṇā saukhyaṁ duḥkhaṁ pāpena karmaṇā | kṛtaṁ phalati sarvatra nākṛtaṁ bhujyate kvacit |
ビーシュマは言った。「善き行いからは安楽が生じ、罪ある行いからは苦しみが生じる。なしたことはどこにあっても果を結ぶが、なさなかったことの果は、いかなる所でも味わわれない。ゆえに人の運命は偶然ではなく、自らの業によって形づくられ、道義の責めから逃れることはできぬ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches the principle of karma: virtuous actions lead to happiness and sinful actions lead to suffering. Only performed actions produce results; one cannot experience the fruit of an action never done. This underscores ethical accountability and the inevitability of moral consequences.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and right conduct. Here he states a general moral law about how actions inevitably yield corresponding results, reinforcing the ethical framework guiding a king and society.