Shloka 12
Dharma-śaṅkā-nivāraṇa: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Response on Karma-Phala and Trust in Dharma
अपि चाप्यफल कर्म पश्याम: कुर्वतो जनान् | नान्यथा हाूपि गच्छन्ति वृत्ति लोका: कथंचन,हम देखती हैं कि लोग व्यर्थ कर्ममें भी लगे रहते हैं, कर्म न करनेपर तो लोगोंकी किसी प्रकार जीविका ही नहीं चल सकती
api cāpyaphala-karma paśyāmaḥ kurvato janān | nānyathā hāpi gacchanti vṛttiṃ lokāḥ kathaṃcana ||
ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಪ್ರತ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಫಲ ಕಾಣದ ಕರ್ಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಜನರು ತೊಡಗಿರುವುದನ್ನು ನಾವು ನೋಡುತ್ತೇವೆ; ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಯಾವ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲೂ ಬೇರೆ ಯಾವ ರೀತಿಯಿಂದಲೂ ಜನರ ಜೀವನೋಪಾಯ ನಡೆಯುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Human life depends on action: even when work seems unproductive, people must act to sustain livelihood; complete inaction is not a viable basis for living.
Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on ordinary human conduct, observing that people continue to work even without clear results because livelihood and social functioning cannot be maintained through inaction.