Shloka 10
जनकस्य मोक्षमार्गप्रश्नः तथा पञ्चशिखोपदेश-प्रस्तावः | Janaka’s Path to Liberation: Prelude to Pañcaśikha’s Instruction
कर्म तत् कुरुते तर्षादहंकारपरिग्रहात् । कार्यकारणसंयोगे स हेतुरुपपादित:,जीव अहंकारके अधीन होकर तृष्णाके कारण कर्म करता है और वह कर्म आगामी कार्य-कारण-संयोगमें हेतु बन जाता है
karma tat kurute tarṣād ahaṅkāra-parigrahāt | kārya-kāraṇa-saṃyoge sa hetur upapāditaḥ ||
Bhishma berkata: Didorong oleh dahaga keinginan, dan berada di bawah penguasaan pengenalan-ego (ahaṃkāra), makhluk hidup melakukan tindakan. Tindakan itu sendiri, dalam rangkaian sebab dan akibat, ditegakkan sebagai sebab yang seterusnya—mengikat pelaku kembali kepada hasil-hasil yang menyusul.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Actions arise from craving and ego-identification, and those actions themselves become causes that generate further effects—thus sustaining the cycle of karmic causality and bondage.
In Bhishma’s instruction during the Shanti Parva, he explains to the listener how the jīva, dominated by ahaṅkāra and desire, acts—and how such action becomes a causal link in the ongoing chain of future consequences.