Shloka 13
स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः
Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification
शुभानामशुभानां च द्वौ राशी पुरुषर्षभ । यः पूर्व सुकृतं भुड्चक्ते पश्चान्रिरयमेव स:
śubhānām aśubhānāṁ ca dvau rāśī puruṣarṣabha | yaḥ pūrvaṁ sukṛtaṁ bhuṅkte paścān nirayam eva saḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「おお人中の雄牛よ、人の生には、善業と不善業という二つの積み重なった山がある。先に自らの功徳の果を尽くしてしまう者は、その後ただ地獄へ赴き（残る罪業の報いを受けねばならぬ）。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person carries accumulated merit and demerit; if one’s merit is enjoyed first, the remaining demerit must still be undergone, leading to suffering (symbolized as ‘hell’). The verse stresses moral causality and the inevitability of karmic fruition.
Vaiśampāyana is explaining a principle of karmic accounting in the Svargārohaṇa context, clarifying how beings experience the results of good and bad deeds in sequence—enjoyment of merit followed by the expiation of remaining sin.