Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 14
Nārāyaṇa-tejas: Kṛṣṇa’s Vrata, the Fire-Manifestation, and the Sages’ Inquiry (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय १२६)
अकर्ता चैव कर्ता च लभते यस्य यादृशम् | यदि चोर्ध्व॑ यद्यधो वा स्वॉललोकानभियास्यति
akartā caiva kartā ca labhate yasya yādṛśam | yadi cordhvaṁ yadyadho vā svāllokān abhiyāsyati ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຈະເປັນຜູ້ບໍ່ກະທຳ (ອະກັດຕາ) ຫຼື ຜູ້ກະທຳ (ກັດຕາ) ກໍຕາມ, ແຕ່ລະຄົນຍ່ອມໄດ້ຮັບຜົນຕາມກຳ ແລະ ນິໄສທີ່ເປັນຂອງຕົນແທ້. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຜູ້ນັ້ນຈະໄປສູ່ໂລກທີ່ຕົນຖືກກຳນົດໄວ້—ສູງຫຼືຕ່ຳ—ຕາມການປະພຶດ ແລະ ທຳມະຊາດພາຍໃນ».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral causality is inescapable: regardless of how one frames oneself as a doer or non-doer, one attains outcomes and posthumous destinations (higher or lower realms) consistent with one’s deeds and inner disposition.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he emphasizes the principle of karmic fruition—explaining that beings reach appropriate realms after death based on the quality of their conduct, whether they claim agency or not.