Shloka 15
Nārāyaṇa-tejas: Kṛṣṇa’s Vrata, the Fire-Manifestation, and the Sages’ Inquiry (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय १२६)
“मनुष्य दान करता हो या न करता हो, वह ऊपरके लोकमें रहता हो या नीचेके लोकमें, जिसे कर्मानुसार जैसा लोक प्राप्त होगा, वह अपने उसी लोकमें जायगा ।।
prāpsyasi tv annapānāni yāni vāñchasi kānicit | medhāvy asi kule jātaḥ śrutavān anṛśaṃsavān ||
Bhishma berkata: “Sama ada seseorang memberi sedekah atau tidak, sama ada dia berada di alam tinggi atau alam rendah, apa jua alam yang diperolehnya menurut perbuatannya, ke alam itulah dia pasti pergi. Adapun engkau, engkau akan memperoleh apa sahaja makanan dan minuman yang engkau inginkan; kerana engkau cerdas, lahir dalam keturunan yang baik, berilmu, dan berbelas kasihan—sifat-sifat yang menyokong dharma dan hasilnya yang setimpal.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
One’s destination (loka) is determined by one’s own actions (karma); merit and ethical qualities such as learning and compassion support favorable outcomes, while each being inevitably reaches the realm earned by conduct.
Bhishma continues his instruction on dharma, emphasizing karmic consequence and reassuring the listener that, due to his virtues—wisdom, good upbringing, learning, and non-cruelty—he will attain the desired enjoyments (food and drink) and an appropriate realm.