Shloka 46
Dharma-śaṅkā-nivāraṇa: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Response on Karma-Phala and Trust in Dharma
अन्येषां कर्म सफलमस्माकमपि वा पुन: । विप्रकर्षेण बुध्येत कृतकर्मा यथाफलम्,कर्मोके कर लेनेपर अन्तमें कर्ताको जैसा फल मिलता है, उसके अनुसार ही यह जाना जा सकता है कि दूसरोंका कर्म सफल हुआ है या हमारा
anyeṣāṁ karma saphalam asmākam api vā punaḥ | viprakarṣeṇa budhyeta kṛtakarmā yathāphalam ||
Wika ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Kung ang gawa ng iba ay nagbunga—o maging ang sa atin—malalaman lamang pagkalipas ng ilang panahon, kapag natapos ang ginawa at luminaw ang kinalabasan. Sapagkat ang gumagawa ay sa huli nakikilala ayon sa bungang dumarating mula sa nagawa.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The success or moral weight of an action is not always immediately visible; it is properly assessed over time, once the deed is complete and its consequences (karma-phala) manifest.
Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on how to evaluate actions—his own or others’—emphasizing that only later outcomes reveal whether a course of conduct was truly fruitful.