Shloka 10

येन येन यथा यद्‌ यत्‌ पुरा कर्म समीहितम्‌ । तत्तदेकतरो भुड्क्ते नित्यं विहितमात्मना,जिस-जिस मनुष्यने अपने-अपने पूर्वजन्मोंमें जैसे-जैसे कर्म किये हैं, वह अपने ही किये हुए उन कर्मोंका फल सदा अकेला ही भोगता है

yena yena yathā yad yat purā karma samīhitam | tat tad ekataro bhuṅkte nityaṁ vihitam ātmanā ||

ഒരാൾ മുൻപ് ഏത് രീതിയിലും ഏത് രൂപത്തിലുമായി കർമ്മം ഉദ്ദേശിച്ച് ചെയ്തുവോ, അതത് കർമ്മഫലം അവൻ തന്നെ നിത്യവും ഒറ്റയ്ക്കായി അനുഭവിക്കുന്നു—അത് അവൻ തന്നെയാൽ തന്നെ വിധിക്കപ്പെട്ടതാണ്.

येनby which
येन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
येनby which (in whatever way)
येन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
यथाas, in the manner that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
यद्whatever (deed)
यद्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
यत्whatever (deed)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पुराformerly, earlier
पुरा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा
कर्मaction, deed
कर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
समीहितम्intended, willed, undertaken
समीहितम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-ईह्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)
तत्that (very)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तत्that (very)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
एकतरःone alone, a single person
एकतरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएकतर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भुङ्क्तेenjoys/experiences (reaps)
भुङ्क्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootभुज्
FormPresent, Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular
नित्यम्always, constantly
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
विहितम्ordained, allotted, arranged
विहितम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-धा
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)
आत्मनाby oneself
आत्मना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma

Educational Q&A

The core teaching is that karmic results are personal and inescapable: whatever actions one has intentionally performed in the past, one alone must experience their corresponding fruits. Ethical accountability cannot be shifted to others.

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right conduct, Bhishma is teaching Yudhishthira about the law of karma—emphasizing that outcomes follow one’s own deeds and are borne individually.