Mahabharata — Ashvamedhika Parva, Shloka 31
Mind as Charioteer; Kṣetrajña, Tapas, and Dhyāna-Yoga
Adhyātma-Upadeśa
एवं कर्म कृतं चित्र विषयस्थं पृथक् पृथक् । यथा कर्म कृतं लोके तथैतानुपपद्यते
evaṁ karma kṛtaṁ citraṁ viṣaya-sthaṁ pṛthak pṛthak | yathā karma kṛtaṁ loke tathaitān upapadyate ||
ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ກຳທັງຫຼາຍ—ຫຼາກຫຼາຍຮູບແບບ—ຍ່ອມໃຫ້ຜົນໃນຂອບເຂດທີ່ແຕກຕ່າງ ແລະສອດຄ່ອງກັນ. ເຫມືອນວ່າຂຶ້ນເຮືອແລ້ວຈະໄປໃນບົກບໍ່ໄດ້, ຫຼືຂຶ້ນລົດສົງຄາມແລ້ວຈະໄປໃນນ້ຳບໍ່ໄດ້; ກຳທີ່ແຕກຕ່າງກັນກໍນຳໄປສູ່ຈຸດໝາຍທີ່ແຕກຕ່າງກັນ. ໃນໂລກນີ້ ຜູ້ໃດເຮັດກຳແບບໃດ ຜົນແບບນັ້ນກໍຕົກຕ້ອງແກ່ຜູ້ນັ້ນ.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Actions are domain-specific in their effects: each deed yields a corresponding result, and mismatched means cannot produce the intended end—just as a boat is for water and a chariot for land.
Vayudeva delivers a didactic statement explaining karmic correspondence, using everyday analogies (boat/land, chariot/water) to stress that beings reach different outcomes according to the particular actions they have performed.