Shloka 12
Dharma-śaṅkā-nivāraṇa: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Response on Karma-Phala and Trust in Dharma
अपि चाप्यफल कर्म पश्याम: कुर्वतो जनान् | नान्यथा हाूपि गच्छन्ति वृत्ति लोका: कथंचन,हम देखती हैं कि लोग व्यर्थ कर्ममें भी लगे रहते हैं, कर्म न करनेपर तो लोगोंकी किसी प्रकार जीविका ही नहीं चल सकती
api cāpyaphala-karma paśyāmaḥ kurvato janān | nānyathā hāpi gacchanti vṛttiṃ lokāḥ kathaṃcana ||
Wika ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Tunay ngang nakikita natin na ang mga tao’y gumagawa kahit ng mga gawaing walang lantad na bunga. Sapagkat sa anumang kalagayan, wala nang ibang paraan upang maipagpatuloy ng tao ang kanyang kabuhayan kundi ang kumilos.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Human life depends on action: even when work seems unproductive, people must act to sustain livelihood; complete inaction is not a viable basis for living.
Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on ordinary human conduct, observing that people continue to work even without clear results because livelihood and social functioning cannot be maintained through inaction.