Shloka 18
अध्याय ३३ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य कुशलप्रश्नाः तथा विदुरस्य योगसमाधिः
Chapter 33: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Welfare-Inquiries and Vidura’s Yogic Absorption
येन येन शरीरेण करोत्ययमनीभश्वर: । तेन तेन शरीरेण तदवश्यमुपाश्चुते । मानसं मनसा<5प्रोति शरीरं च शरीरवान्
yena yena śarīreṇa karoty ayam anībhīśvaraḥ | tena tena śarīreṇa tad avaśyam upāśnute | mānasaṃ manasā prāpnoti śarīraṃ ca śarīravān |
ଏହି ପରାଧୀନ, ଅସ୍ୱାଧୀନ ଜୀବ ଯେଉଁ ଯେଉଁ ଶରୀର ଦ୍ୱାରା ଯେ କର୍ମ କରେ, ସେହି ସେହି ଶରୀର ଦ୍ୱାରା ତାହାର ଫଳ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଭୋଗ କରେ। ମାନସ କର୍ମର ଫଳ ମନରେ ହିଁ ମିଳେ, ଏବଂ ଶାରୀରିକ କର୍ମର ଫଳ ଦେହ ଧାରଣ କରି ସେହି ଦେହରେ ହିଁ ସହି ଭୋଗିବାକୁ ପଡ଼େ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Actions and their results correspond in kind and medium: deeds done through a particular body are inevitably experienced through that same embodied condition; mental acts bear fruit in the mind, while physical acts bear fruit through embodied experience. The verse stresses inescapable moral causality (karma-phala) even for a soul that is not fully independent.
Vaiśampāyana is explaining a doctrinal point within the Ashramavāsika context: as the elders withdraw to the forest and reflect on life’s outcomes, the text emphasizes how beings must undergo the consequences of their deeds, linking ethical conduct to inevitable experiential results.