Shloka 89
Yamamārga, Antyeṣṭi-vidhi, and Daśāhika Piṇḍa-dāna
Road to Yama and Ten-Day Offerings
सुखस्य दुः खस्य न कोपि दाता परो ददातीति कुबुद्धिरेषा / पुरा कृतं कर्म सदैव भुज्यते देहिन्क्वचिन्निस्तर यत्त्वया कृतम्
sukhasya duḥ khasya na kopi dātā paro dadātīti kubuddhireṣā / purā kṛtaṃ karma sadaiva bhujyate dehinkvacinnistara yattvayā kṛtam
ไม่มีผู้ใดอื่นเป็นผู้ให้สุขหรือทุกข์; ความคิดว่า “ผู้อื่นให้” นั้นเป็นความหลงผิด. กรรมที่ทำไว้ก่อนย่อมต้องเสวยเสมอโดยผู้มีร่าง; โอ้ผู้มีร่างกาย ไม่มีที่ใดพ้นจากสิ่งที่ตนทำ.
Lord Vishnu (teaching Garuda/Vinata-putra)
Afterlife Stage: Yamaloka Journey
Concept: No external agent gives happiness or sorrow; one inevitably experiences one’s own past deeds—there is no evasion of self-made karma.
Vedantic Theme: Kartṛtva-bhoktṛtva linkage under avidyā; moral causality (karma-niyama) governing saṁsāra.
Application: Stop outsourcing responsibility; align choices with long-term consequences; cultivate sattvic actions and restraint.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Related Themes: Garuda Purana Pretakalpa: repeated maxim ‘svakṛtaṁ karma bhujyate’ style statements in judgment contexts
FAQs
This verse states that happiness and suffering arise from one’s own past deeds; therefore, the soul’s post-death experiences are governed by karma, not by arbitrary external giving.
By emphasizing that the dehin (embodied soul) must inevitably ‘experience’ past karma, it frames the afterlife journey as a karmic unfolding where results ripen and are undergone without escape.
Take responsibility for choices: cultivate dharmic actions, reduce harm, and practice self-discipline—because the results of deeds are ultimately borne by oneself.