Shloka 20

Devanagari script

इह यत्‌ क्रियते कर्म तत्‌ परत्रोपयुज्यते । तस्माच्छरीरं युञज्जीत तपसा नियमेन च,“इस लोकमें जो कर्म किया जाता है, उसका फल परलोकमें भोगना पड़ता है। इसलिये अपने शरीरको तप और नियमोंके पालनमें लगावे

Transliteration

iha yat kriyate karma tat paratro'payujyate | tasmāc charīraṁ yuñjīta tapasā niyamena ca |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。この世でなされた行いは、来世において効力を持ち、その果は彼方で味わわれねばならぬ。ゆえに人は、苦行（タパス）と戒め（ニヤマ）の遵守によって身を鍛え用い、意志ある正しき努力によって未来の境涯を形づくべきである。

Word by Word

इहhere, in this world

यत्whatever (that which)

क्रियतेis done

कर्मaction, deed

तत्that (same)

परत्रthere, in the other world

उपयुज्यतेis used, becomes of use

तस्मात्therefore, from that (reason)

शरीरम्body

युञ्जीतshould yoke/engage (should apply)

तपसाby austerity

नियमेनby discipline/observance

चand

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Actions performed in this life have consequences that mature in the hereafter; therefore one should consciously train the body through tapas (austerity) and niyama (ethical restraints/observances) to align one’s conduct with dharma and secure a better future state.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, delivers a general moral instruction within the Vana Parva context, emphasizing karmic causality and recommending disciplined practice (tapas and niyama) as the proper use of the body.