Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 21
Adhyāya 379 — अद्वैतब्रह्मविज्ञानम्
Advaita-brahma-vijñāna
सुखदुःखोपभोगौ तु तौ देशाद्युपपादकौ धर्माधर्मोद्भवौ भोक्तुं जन्तुर्देशादिमृच्छति
sukhaduḥkhopabhogau tu tau deśādyupapādakau dharmādharmodbhavau bhoktuṃ janturdeśādimṛcchati
การเสวยสุขและทุกข์ซึ่งเกิดจากธรรมและอธรรม เป็นเหตุให้กำหนดภาวะต่าง ๆ เช่นถิ่นกำเนิด; เพื่อเสวยผลนั้น สัตว์ผู้มีร่างย่อมไปถึงสถานที่และเงื่อนไขเฉพาะ.
Lord Agni (in discourse to sage Vasiṣṭha, typical Agni Purana frame)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Philosophy","secondary_vidya":"Dharmashastra","practical_application":"Ethical self-regulation by understanding that present circumstances (birth, place, opportunities) are shaped by prior dharma/adharma; motivates deliberate cultivation of dharma to improve future conditions.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"Definition","entry_title":"Karma-phala as Determiner of Desha (Birth-Place) and Bhoga (Experience)","lookup_keywords":["karma-phala","sukha-duhkha","dharma-adharma","desha (birthplace)","upabhoga"],"quick_summary":"Pleasure and pain arise from dharma and adharma, and these results allocate the jiva to specific conditions such as place of birth so that the fruits can be experienced."}
Concept: Karma determines the field of experience (bhoga) by assigning embodiment with specific circumstances (desha-adi).
Application: Interpret fortune/misfortune as results to be exhausted; focus on present right action rather than resentment or pride.
Khanda Section: Karma-siddhanta (Doctrine of Karma, Rebirth, and Experience)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A symbolic wheel of karma: a jiva moving through different lands and births, receiving alternating pleasure and pain as fruits of dharma and adharma.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style, circular chakra of karma with a jiva carried through varied landscapes (village, forest, city), attendants personifying Dharma and Adharma holding palm-leaf ledgers, rich earthy pigments, temple-wall composition.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting, central karma-chakra with embossed gold halo, small vignettes of sukha and duhkha on either side, stylized landscapes indicating different desha, ornate borders and jewel-like colors.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting, instructional diagram-like composition: labeled panels ‘dharma’, ‘adharma’, ‘sukha’, ‘duhkha’, ‘desha-adi’, a jiva figure moving between panels, delicate linework and soft shading.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, narrative scene of a traveler-jiva entering different courts and villages, alternating fortunes, subtle allegorical figures of Dharma/Adharma, fine detailing, pastel palette, Persianate landscape depth."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"contemplative"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: सुखदुःखोपभोगौ = सुख-दुःख-उपभोगौ; देशाद्युपपादकौ = देश-आदि-उपपादकौ; धर्माधर्मोद्भवौ = धर्म-अधर्म-उद्भवौ; जन्तुर्देशादिमृच्छति = जन्तुः देश-आदि मृच्छति
Related Themes: Agni Purana: Karma-siddhanta discussions on rebirth and phala-bhoga (adjacent verses in this khanda)
FAQs
It imparts karmaphala-vidya: the principle that dharma and adharma generate सुख-दुःख (pleasure–pain) whose fruition fixes concrete life-conditions such as the place of birth and related circumstances.
Alongside rituals and practical sciences, the Agni Purana also codifies moral causality: it explains how ethical action translates into lived outcomes (birthplace, conditions), integrating jurisprudence/ethics with metaphysics of rebirth.
It teaches accountability: one’s present environment is a matured result of prior dharma/adharma, and cultivating dharma reshapes future सुख-दुःख and the very circumstances in which they are experienced.