Shloka 37
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
फलवन्ति च कर्माणि व्युष्टिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च । विगुणानि च पश्यन्ति तथानैकान्तिकानि च
phalavanti ca karmāṇi vyuṣṭimanti dhruvāṇi ca | viguṇāni ca paśyanti tathānaikāntikāni ca
कपिल म्हणाला—कर्मांना फळ असते; त्यांचे परिणाम योग्य वेळी उलगडतात आणि निश्चितही असतात—हे ते पाहतात. तरीही काही कर्म गुणदोषयुक्त/दोषपूर्ण असतात आणि फळे नेहमी एकांतिक किंवा एकसारखी नसतात—देश-काल व परिस्थितीवरही अवलंबून असतात—हेही ते पाहतात.
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Kapila highlights a nuanced view of karma: actions do yield results and often with certainty, but the moral and practical outcome is not always absolute—defects in the action and surrounding conditions can alter how, when, and in what form the fruit appears.
In the Śānti Parva’s philosophical discourse, Kapila is instructing his interlocutor(s) about the nature of action and consequence, emphasizing both the general reliability of karmic fruition and the observed variability caused by quality, intention, and circumstances.