Shloka 52
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
प्रजाविसर्ग तु सशेषकाले स्थानानि स्वान्येव सरन्ति जीवा: । निःशेषतस्तत्पदं यान्ति चान्ते सर्वे देवा ये सदृशा मनुष्या:
prajāvisarga tu saśeṣakāle sthānāni svānyeva saranti jīvāḥ | niḥśeṣatastatpadaṃ yānti cānte sarve devā ye sadṛśā manuṣyāḥ ||
ພີສະມະອະທິບາຍວ່າ: ໃນຍາມທີ່ການສ້າງໃໝ່ເກີດຂຶ້ນ ບັນດາຊີວິດທີ່ຜົນກຳຍັງບໍ່ສິ້ນໃນຂະນະພຣະລະຍະ ຍ່ອມກັບໄປສູ່ຖານະ ແລະ ໂລກເກົ່າທີ່ເຄີຍໄດ້ຮັບ ເພື່ອເສບຜົນທີ່ຍັງເຫຼືອ. ແຕ່ຜູ້ທີ່ໃນທ້າຍກະລະປະ (aeon) ໄດ້ເສບຜົນກຳທີ່ຄ້ຳຈຸນສະຖານະເທວະຂອງຕົນຈົນໝົດ—ເມື່ອສະຫວັນໂລກນັ້ນເອງພິນາດ—ຈະເຂົ້າສູ່ວົງຈອນໃໝ່ ບໍ່ໄດ້ເກີດເປັນເທວະອີກ ແຕ່ເກີດເປັນມະນຸດ ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັບສັດອື່ນໆທີ່ມີກຳໃກ້ຄຽງກັນ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Karmic results govern post-dissolution destiny: if karmic fruits remain unexhausted at pralaya, beings resume the same realm in the next creation to finish that experience; if those fruits are fully exhausted by the aeon’s end, the divine status does not persist, and they take birth according to comparable deeds—often as humans.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, he describes how beings are redistributed after cosmic dissolution and re-creation, distinguishing between those with remaining karmic residue and those whose heaven-sustaining merit has been fully spent.