Shloka 29
Karma-Phala Rahasya and the Ethics of Dāna (कर्मफल-रहस्यं दानधर्मश्च)
इत्येतदृषिणा प्रोक्तमुक्तवानस्मि यद् विभो । शुभाशुभफलप्राप्ती किमत: श्रोतुमिच्छसि
ity etad ṛṣiṇā proktam uktavān asmi yad vibho | śubhāśubha-phala-prāptī kim ataḥ śrotum icchasi ||
Bhīṣma berkata: “Wahai yang perkasa, demikianlah telah aku sampaikan apa yang diucapkan oleh sang resi. Tentang perolehan buah baik dan buah buruk, apakah lagi yang ingin engkau dengar?”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma signals the completion of a sage-derived instruction and frames it in terms of karma-phala: actions lead to auspicious or inauspicious results; he invites the listener to ask what further clarification is desired.
In the ongoing instruction, Bhīṣma concludes a cited teaching attributed to a ṛṣi and turns back to the interlocutor, asking what additional points about the gaining of good and bad outcomes the listener wants to hear next.