Shloka 45
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
तेन ज्ञानेन विज्ञाय गतिं चाशुभकर्मणाम् | तिर्यग्योनिगतानां च विज्ञाय गतय: पृथक्
bhīṣma uvāca | tena jñānena vijñāya gatiṃ cāśubhakarmaṇām | tiryagyonigatānāṃ ca vijñāya gatayaḥ pṛthak, yudhiṣṭhira |
ビーシュマは言った。「その同じ智慧によって、不吉なる業の後に従う行き先を悟れ。さらに、ユディシュティラよ、畜生の胎に生まれた衆生の道筋がそれぞれ異なることを見分けよ――その諸道の差異を知ることで、罪業がもたらす下落の果が明らかとなる。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma urges Yudhishthira to use discriminative knowledge to understand how unethical actions lead to lower destinies, and to recognize that even among non-human births there are distinct outcomes shaped by karma.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues his post-war counsel to Yudhishthira, directing him toward a clear grasp of karmic consequences—especially the downward trajectories associated with harmful conduct and the differentiated fates of beings in animal births.