Shloka 5
Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha
यथा होकरसा भूमिरोषध्यर्थानुसारिणी । तथा कर्मनुगा बुद्धिरन्तरात्मानुदर्शिनी
yathā ekarasā bhūmir oṣadhy-arthānusāriṇī | tathā karmānugā buddhir antarātmānudarśinī ||
Sinabi ni Bhīṣma: “Gaya ng lupa na iisa ang diwa, ngunit naglalabas ng katas at ani ayon sa binhing inihasik, gayon din ang buddhi—na naliliwanagan ng panloob na Sarili—ay kumikilos ayon sa mga gawa ng nakaraan, at dinadala ang nilalang mula sa isang katawan tungo sa iba.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Underlying reality may be one (like the earth’s single essence), yet outcomes differ according to causes: the intellect and one’s course through embodiments are shaped by prior karma, even while the inner Self illumines the process.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhīṣma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira using an analogy: as soil yields different plants according to the seed, so a being’s intellect and embodied destiny proceed according to past deeds, with the inner Self as the light by which this is known.