Shloka 9
दैव–पुरुषकार-प्रश्नः
Daiva–Puruṣakāra Inquiry: Fate and Human Effort
कर्मण: फलनिर्वत्ति स्वयमश्नाति कारक: । प्रत्यक्ष दृश्यते लोके कृतस्यापकृतस्य च,कर्म करनेवाला मनुष्य अपने भले या बुरे कर्मका फल स्वयं ही भोगता है। यह बात संसारमें प्रत्यक्ष दिखायी देती है
karmaṇaḥ phalanirvṛttiḥ svayam aśnāti kārakaḥ | pratyakṣaṃ dṛśyate loke kṛtasyākṛtasya ca ||
Wika ni Bhishma: Ang gumagawa mismo ang tumitikim sa paghinog ng bunga ng kaniyang mga gawa. Sa daigdig, ito’y hayag na nakikita—kapwa sa bunga ng nagawa at sa bunga ng hindi nagawa.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral causality is personal: the agent who acts (or fails to act) inevitably experiences the corresponding consequences; karma bears fruit for the doer.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma, he emphasizes a universally observable principle: outcomes arise from deeds and also from omissions, and the responsibility for those outcomes rests with the doer.