Shloka 19
जपयोगयोः तुल्यफलनिर्णयः
Adhyāya 193: Adjudication of the Comparable Fruits of Japa and Yoga
इह चिन्ता बहुविधा धर्माधर्मस्य कर्मण: । कर्मभूमिरियं लोके इह कृत्वा शुभाशुभम् | शुभे: शुभमवाप्रोति तथाशुभमथान्यथा
iha cintā bahuvidhā dharmādharmasya karmaṇaḥ | karmabhūmir iyaṃ loke iha kṛtvā śubhāśubham || śubheḥ śubham avāpnoti tathāśubham athānyathā ||
Neste mundo surgem muitas reflexões sobre a ação—o que é dharma e o que é adharma. Este mundo é o campo do karma: tendo praticado aqui atos bons ou maus, a pessoa alcança o bom fruto das boas ações e, do mesmo modo, experimenta o mau fruto das más—nunca de outra forma.
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches moral causality: this world is the arena where actions are performed, and actions reliably bear corresponding fruits—good deeds yield good results and evil deeds yield evil results, not the reverse.
Bharadvaja is speaking within the Shanti Parva’s instructional discourse, framing ethical inquiry about dharma and adharma and emphasizing the principle of karma and its fruits as a foundation for moral reasoning.