Shloka 11
Śvetadvīpa-varṇana and Śāstra-pravartana (Śānti Parva 322)
स्वकर्मफलनिक्षेपं विधानपरिरक्षितम् । भूतग्राममिमं काल: समन्तादपकर्षति
svakarmaphalanikṣepaṁ vidhānaparirakṣitam | bhūtagrāmam imaṁ kālaḥ samantād apakarṣati ||
Wika ni Bhishma: “Ang naipong bunga ng sariling mga gawa ay iniingatan sa ilalim ng pagbabantay ng mga tuntuning itinatag ng mga banal na kasulatan. Kapag dumating ang angkop na sandali, hinihila ng Panahon ang buong karamihan ng mga nilalang mula sa lahat ng dako, at dinadala ang bawat isa ayon sa sigla at bigat ng kanyang karma.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Karmic results are not lost: they remain preserved as if in a trust under the order of dharma/śāstra, and Time eventually brings them to fruition, moving beings toward experiences that correspond to their own deeds.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the moral structure of the world. Here he explains how the fruits of actions are safeguarded and, at the proper time, Kāla (Time) draws all beings onward in accordance with their karma.