Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvitiya Skandha, Shloka 14
Parīkṣit’s Comprehensive Inquiries and the Bhāgavata as Śabda-avatāra
यस्मिन् कर्मसमावायो यथा येनोपगृह्यते । गुणानां गुणिनां चैव परिणाममभीप्सताम् ॥ १४ ॥
yasmin karma-samāvāyo yathā yenopagṛhyate guṇānāṁ guṇināṁ caiva pariṇāmam abhīpsatām
पुन्हा कृपया वर्णन करा की प्रकृतीच्या गुणांमुळे निर्माण होणाऱ्या कर्मफलांचा प्रमाणबद्ध संचय इच्छुक जीवावर कसा परिणाम करतो, आणि गुणांनुसार तो देवांपासून अगदी तुच्छ प्राण्यांपर्यंत विविध योनींमध्ये कसा उन्नत किंवा अधोगतीला जातो।
The actions and reactions of all works in the material modes of nature, either in the minute form or in the gigantic form, are accumulated, and thus the result of such accumulated actions and reactions of karma, or work, become manifested in the same proportion. How such actions and reactions take place, what the different procedures are, and in what proportion they act are all subject matters of Mahārāja Parīkṣit’s inquiries from the great brāhmaṇa Śukadeva Gosvāmī.
FAQs
This verse teaches that the entire system of karma and the outcomes produced by the three modes operate within the Supreme Lord’s arrangement, and seekers can understand how results arise by recognizing His sustaining governance behind material transformations.
In Canto 2, Śukadeva is guiding Parīkṣit toward God-realization by explaining how the universe functions under the Lord—so Parīkṣit can detach from temporary cause-and-effect and fix his consciousness on the Supreme controller.
Notice how moods and choices shift with sattva, rajas, and tamas, and take responsibility for actions while remembering a higher divine order—then cultivate sattva through purity and devotion to reduce reactive karma.