Shloka 11
Śvetadvīpa-varṇana and Śāstra-pravartana (Śānti Parva 322)
स्वकर्मफलनिक्षेपं विधानपरिरक्षितम् । भूतग्राममिमं काल: समन्तादपकर्षति
svakarmaphalanikṣepaṁ vidhānaparirakṣitam | bhūtagrāmam imaṁ kālaḥ samantād apakarṣati ||
Бхишма сказал: «Склад плодов собственных деяний хранится под стражей предписаний Писаний. Когда приходит надлежащий миг, Время со всех сторон увлекает эту целую массу существ, унося каждого по инерции его поступков».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Karmic results are not lost: they remain preserved as if in a trust under the order of dharma/śāstra, and Time eventually brings them to fruition, moving beings toward experiences that correspond to their own deeds.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the moral structure of the world. Here he explains how the fruits of actions are safeguarded and, at the proper time, Kāla (Time) draws all beings onward in accordance with their karma.