Shloka 5
Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha
यथा होकरसा भूमिरोषध्यर्थानुसारिणी । तथा कर्मनुगा बुद्धिरन्तरात्मानुदर्शिनी
yathā ekarasā bhūmir oṣadhy-arthānusāriṇī | tathā karmānugā buddhir antarātmānudarśinī ||
ビーシュマは言った。「大地は本質において一つでありながら、蒔かれた種の種類に応じてそれぞれの汁液と実りを生じさせる。同じように、内なる自己（アートマン）に照らされた बुद्धि（ブッディ）は過去の業に従って動き、存在をこの身からかの身へと運んでゆく。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Underlying reality may be one (like the earth’s single essence), yet outcomes differ according to causes: the intellect and one’s course through embodiments are shaped by prior karma, even while the inner Self illumines the process.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhīṣma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira using an analogy: as soil yields different plants according to the seed, so a being’s intellect and embodied destiny proceed according to past deeds, with the inner Self as the light by which this is known.