Shloka 81
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
प्रदिश्यन्तां च कर्माणि प्राणिनां गतयस्तथा । परिनिष्ठितकालानि आयूंषीह सुरोत्तमा:,'सुरश्रेष्ठटण! तुमलोग प्राणियोंको उनके कर्म, उन कर्मोंके अनुसार प्राप्त होनेवाली गति तथा नियत कालतककी आयु प्रदान करो
pradiśyantāṃ ca karmāṇi prāṇināṃ gatayas tathā | pari-niṣṭhita-kālāni āyūṃṣīha surottamāḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana disse: “Ó melhores entre os deuses, que sejam devidamente atribuídos aos seres vivos os seus atos (karma) e, do mesmo modo, os destinos (gati) que deles decorrem; e que aqui também sejam fixadas as suas vidas segundo a medida de tempo estabelecida.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts a moral-cosmic linkage: beings’ actions (karma) are to be apportioned with corresponding outcomes (gati), and even lifespan is depicted as regulated within a fixed temporal order—implying an ethically structured universe rather than random fortune.
Vaiśampāyana narrates an injunction addressed to the foremost gods, asking them to administer the world by assigning creatures their karmic allotments, the resulting destinies, and their time-bounded lifespans—presenting divine administration as the mechanism by which karmic justice operates.