Shloka 41
अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः
The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex
सर्वाणि कर्माणि पुरा कृतानि शुभाशुभान्यात्मनो यान्ति जन्तो: । उपस्थितं कर्मफलं विदित्वा बुद्धि तथा चोदयतेडन्तरात्मा
sarvāṇi karmāṇi purā kṛtāni śubhāśubhāny ātmano yānti jantoḥ | upasthitaṃ karmaphalaṃ viditvā buddhiṃ tathā codayate 'ntarātmā ||
Parāśara disse: Todas as ações feitas no passado—auspiciosas ou inauspiciosas—aderem ao ser encarnado como se fossem suas. Sabendo que o fruto da ação agora venceu, o Si interior impele então o entendimento de acordo, conduzindo a pessoa à experiência e à resposta que correspondem a esse karma amadurecido.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Past actions—good and bad—inevitably mature into results for the individual, and when those results are due, the inner self prompts the intellect in a way that aligns one’s experience and choices with that ripened karma, emphasizing moral causality and personal responsibility.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Parāśara is instructing about karma: he explains how earlier deeds adhere to a person and, when their fruits become present, the inner self influences the person’s understanding and direction in life accordingly.