Shloka 12
Varṇa-lakṣaṇa and Ātma-saṃyama (Marks of Social Conduct and Self-Restraint) | वर्णलक्षणम् एवं आत्मसंयमः
अचोटद्यमानानि यथा पुष्पाणि च फलानि च । स्वं काल॑ नातिवर्तन्ते तथा कर्म पुरा कृतम्
Bhīṣma uvāca: acoṭadyamānāni yathā puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca | svaṁ kālaṁ nātivartante tathā karma purā kṛtam ||
ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ດັ່ງດອກໄມ້ແລະໝາກໄມ້ ທີ່ອອກຕາມລະດູຂອງມັນໂດຍບໍ່ຕ້ອງມີໃຜບັງຄັບ ກຳທີ່ເຄີຍເຮັດໄວ້ໃນອະດີດກໍບໍ່ລ່ວງເກີນເວລາທີ່ກຳນົດໄວ້ໃຫ້ອອກຜົນ. ພະລັງທາງທຳມະຂອງກຳຈະສຸກງອມຢ່າງຫຼີກບໍ່ພົ້ນ ແລະເມື່ອເວລາອັນຄວນຄ່າມາຮອດ ກໍຫຼີກຜົນນັ້ນບໍ່ໄດ້.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Karma bears fruit inevitably in its own appointed time. Just as natural processes like flowering and fruiting occur when the season arrives, past actions mature into results when their time comes; one cannot hasten, delay, or evade that fruition.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right understanding, Bhīṣma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira through analogies. Here he uses the image of flowers and fruits appearing naturally to explain the certainty and timing of karmic results.