Mahabharata 6.68.23 — Bhishma Parva, Adhyaya 68, Shloka 23
भीष्मस्य भीमसेन-निरोधः
Bhīṣma checks Bhīmasena; matched engagements intensify
तस्य पापस्य सततं क्रियमाणस्य कर्मण: । साम्प्रतं सुमहद् घोरं फल प्राप्तं जनेश्वर,जनेश्वर! निरन्तर किये जानेवाले उसी पाप-कर्मका इस समय यह अत्यन्त भयंकर फल प्राप्त हुआ है
sañjaya uvāca |
tasya pāpasya satataṃ kriyamāṇasya karmaṇaḥ |
sāmprataṃ sumahad ghoraṃ phalaṃ prāptaṃ janeśvara ||
ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ້ ຈອມເຈົ້າແຫ່ງມະນຸດ, ສຳລັບກຳບາບນັ້ນ ທີ່ຖືກກະທຳຢ່າງຕໍ່ເນື່ອງຊ້ຳໆ ບັດນີ້ໄດ້ຮັບຜົນອັນໃຫຍ່ຫຼວງ ແລະ ນ່າສະພຶງກົວ. ຜົນອັນສະຫວັນສະຫວາຍຂອງຄວາມຜິດທີ່ສະສົມມານານ ໄດ້ສຸກງອມໃນຍາມນີ້ແລ້ວ»។
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Persistent wrongdoing (pāpa) is not morally neutral: repeated harmful action accumulates and eventually yields a severe consequence (phala). The verse underscores karmic causality and ethical accountability, especially in the context of rulers and war.
Sanjaya, narrating events to the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), interprets the unfolding horrors of the war as the ripened fruit of continually performed sinful actions—an ethical commentary on how long-standing misdeeds culminate in present calamity.
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