Shloka 22
Genealogy of the Ancestors (Pitṛs) and the Procedure of Śrāddha
तेनैव तत्कर्मफलं भुज्यते वरवर्णिनी । सद्यः फलंति कर्माणि देवत्वे प्रेत्यमानुषे
tenaiva tatkarmaphalaṃ bhujyate varavarṇinī | sadyaḥ phalaṃti karmāṇi devatve pretyamānuṣe
Dengan sebab itulah, wahai wanita yang elok rupanya, buah perbuatan itu dialami. Segala karma segera berbuah—sama ada memperoleh kedewataan atau, sesudah mati, kembali kepada keadaan sebagai manusia.
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Concept: Karma is self-consistent and swift in its own domain: by the very cause, the fruit is experienced; actions can ripen immediately, shaping godhood or post-mortem human rebirth.
Application: Treat choices as seeds that may sprout quickly; cultivate sattva through truthful speech, restraint, charity, and devotion; do not postpone ethical repair assuming consequences are distant.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: celestial_realm
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"authoritative","suggested_raga":"Desh","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["conch shell (soft)","temple bell punctuation","tanpura drone","brief silence after ‘sadyah’"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तेन+एव→तेनैव; तत्+कर्मफलम्→तत्कर्मफलम्; फलन्ति written as फलंति in source; प्रेत्य+मानुषे→प्रेत्यमानुषे.
FAQs
It teaches karmic causality: the doer experiences the corresponding fruit of actions, and deeds can ripen quickly, influencing one’s post-death destiny such as divine or human birth.
Yes. The term “sadyaḥ” indicates that some actions can produce results without long delay, even shaping near-term transitions like attaining a divine state or returning to human existence after death.
Personal responsibility: since actions inevitably produce experiential results, one should act with discernment and virtue, mindful that consequences may manifest sooner than expected.