Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 25
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
संचिनोत्यशुभं कर्म कलत्रापेक्षया नर: | एक: क्लेशानवाप्रोति परत्रेह च मानव:
sañcinoty aśubhaṃ karma kalatrāpekṣayā naraḥ | ekaḥ kleśān avāpnoti paratreha ca mānavaḥ ||
Человек, из привязанности и зависимости от жены и домашнего уклада, накапливает греховные деяния. Но и в этом мире, и в следующем лишь он один должен претерпеть страдание и страшные последствия этих поступков.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should not justify wrongdoing as being for family or dependents; karmic results adhere to the doer, who must bear the suffering alone in this life and the next.
A Brahmin speaker delivers a moral instruction in the Shanti Parva, warning that attachment to spouse and household can lead a person to commit sins, but the burden of their consequences is not shared—only the individual experiences the fruits.