Shloka 12
जपयोगयोः तुल्यफलनिर्णयः
Adhyāya 193: Adjudication of the Comparable Fruits of Japa and Yoga
कृतस्य तु फल तत्र प्रत्यक्षमुपल भ्यते । पानासनाशनोपेता: प्रासादभवनाश्रया:
kṛtasya tu phalaṃ tatra pratyakṣam upalabhyate | pānāsanāśanopetāḥ prāsādabhavanāśrayāḥ |
バラドヴァージャは言った。「その世界では、なした行為の果が直ちに眼前に現れる。ある者は高楼の館に住み、良き座に坐して、最上の飲食を楽しむ。あらゆる願いを満たし、黄金の飾りで身を飾って、明らかな繁栄のうちに生きる。だが、ある者は命をつなぐだけの糧しか得られず、またある者は苦行の生活と激しい努力によってのみ息を保つ。ゆえにその世界は、この世を凌ぐと説かれる。」
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes karma-phala: in the other world the consequences of actions become directly visible, producing unequal conditions—luxury for some, mere subsistence or austere struggle for others—according to their deeds.
Bharadvāja is describing the nature of a higher realm where the results of past conduct are experienced plainly, illustrating a moral order in which one’s lived circumstances correspond to prior actions.