Shloka 111
Pitṛ-tīrtha Context: Marks of Sin, Śrāddha Discipline, and Karmic Ripening
in Yayāti’s Narrative
नाभुक्तस्यान्यथा नाशः कल्पकोटिशतैरपि । यः करोति स्वयं कर्म कारयेद्वानुमोदयेत्
nābhuktasyānyathā nāśaḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi | yaḥ karoti svayaṃ karma kārayedvānumodayet
ಇನ್ನೂ ಅನುಭವಿಸದ ಕರ್ಮಫಲಕ್ಕೆ ಬೇರೆ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಶವಿಲ್ಲ—ಕೋಟಿ ಕೋಟಿ ಕಲ್ಪಗಳಾದರೂ. ಯಾರು ತಾನೇ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೋ, ಮಾಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾನೋ, ಅಥವಾ ಅನುಮೋದಿಸುತ್ತಾನೋ, ಅವನು ಅದರ ಫಲವನ್ನು ತಪ್ಪದೇ ಅನುಭವಿಸಬೇಕು.
Unspecified (context not provided for dialogue attribution)
Concept: Karmaphala is unavoidable until experienced; agency includes doing, causing, and consenting.
Application: Treat approval and enabling as moral participation; practice restraint in speech/online endorsement, choose sattvic work, and adopt expiatory disciplines (japa, dāna, vrata) before habits harden.
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A vast cosmic courtroom stretches across kalpa-cycles: a lone human figure stands before a luminous balance of deeds, while time-wheels and starry aeons revolve behind. Three shadowy silhouettes—one acting, one directing another, one merely nodding—cast identical karmic reflections into a river of consequences.","primary_figures":["Personified Dharma (as a radiant judge-like presence)","A human actor (jīva)","Three silhouettes representing doer/instigator/approver"],"setting":"Celestial hall suspended in space, with a cosmic scale, scrolls of deeds, and a horizon of turning yugas and kalpas.","lighting_mood":"divine radiance","color_palette":["sapphire blue","smoky indigo","gold leaf","ash gray","crimson accent"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a cosmic dharma-sabha with a radiant Dharma figure holding a golden scale, the jīva in humble posture, three attendant silhouettes (doer/instigator/approver) mirrored in the scale-pan; heavy gold leaf halos, rich vermilion and emerald borders, gem-studded ornaments, stylized lotus motifs framing the kalpa-wheels in the background.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: delicate celestial court floating over a deep blue night sky, fine linework showing a turning wheel of time, the jīva and three subtle figures in soft earth tones; lyrical clouds, refined faces, cool palette with restrained gold highlights, moral drama conveyed through gesture and gaze.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold black outlines, flat yet vibrant pigments; Dharma as a majestic figure with large expressive eyes, golden scale centered, three figures in sequential panels (doing, ordering, consenting); red-yellow-green dominance with deep blue cosmic band, temple-wall symmetry.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: Vishnu-centric moral cosmos—an ornate lotus border with repeating time-wheel motifs, a central golden scale beneath a stylized Vaishnava tilaka emblem; peacocks and floral vines framing the three modes of agency, deep indigo ground with gold and lotus-pink highlights."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["low temple bell","deep drone (tanpura)","conch shell (soft, distant)","silence between lines"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: नाभुक्तस्य = न + अभुक्तस्य; अभुक्तस्याऽन्यथा = अभुक्तस्य + अन्यथा; कारयेद्वा = कारयेत् + वा.
FAQs
It teaches the inevitability of karmic results: deeds do not vanish without being experienced, even across vast spans of cosmic time.
Yes. It explicitly includes three modes—doing an act oneself, getting it done through another, and consenting/approving—implying responsibility in all three.
It warns against outsourcing wrongdoing or merely endorsing it; moral accountability extends to encouragement and approval, not only direct action.