Shloka 66
Rukmāṅgada–Vāmadeva Saṃvāda: Ahimsa, Hunting, and the Fruit of Dvādaśī-Bhakti
केन कर्मप्रभावेण ममेदं सांप्रतं सुखम् । इह जन्मकृतं वापि परजन्मकृतं तथा ॥ ६६ ॥
kena karmaprabhāveṇa mamedaṃ sāṃprataṃ sukham | iha janmakṛtaṃ vāpi parajanmakṛtaṃ tathā || 66 ||
Dengan pengaruh karma yang manakah kebahagiaan yang ada padaku sekarang ini datang—adakah kerana perbuatan dalam hidup ini, atau juga kerana perbuatan dalam kelahiran yang lampau?
Narada (questioning, in dialogue with the Sanatkumara tradition of instruction)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It frames a core dharma inquiry: present सुख (happiness) is not random but arises from karma-phala, prompting discernment between actions of this birth and accumulated results from prior births.
By highlighting karma’s unseen continuity across births, the verse sets the need for a higher purifier—Bhakti—through which one seeks grace and inner freedom rather than being bound only to cyclical karma-results.
It reflects the practical doctrine of karma and फल (result) used in dharma-śāstra reasoning; while not a technical Vedāṅga lesson, it underpins ritual logic (yajña, dāna, vrata) where actions are assessed by their future results.