कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच हन्त ते<हं प्रवक्ष्यामि देवि कर्मफलोदयम् । मर्त्यलोके नर: सर्वो येन स्वफलमश्षुते
śrīmaheśvara uvāca: hanta te 'haṃ pravakṣyāmi devi karmaphalodayam | martyaloke naraḥ sarvo yena svaphalam aśnute ||
Sinabi ni Śrī Maheshvara: “Halika, O Diyosa, ipaliliwanag ko sa iyo kung paanong sumisibol ang bunga ng mga gawa. Sa daigdig ng mga mortal, ang bawat tao, ayon sa batas na yaon, ay dumarating sa pagdanas at pag-ani ng bunga ng sarili niyang mga ginawa.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
That the fruits of actions inevitably manifest, and each person in the mortal world must experience the results of his or her own deeds—an ethical principle grounding responsibility and moral causality.
Maheśvara addresses Devī and begins an explanatory discourse, announcing that he will describe how karmic results arise and how all humans come to undergo their respective outcomes.