Shloka 31
Mind as Charioteer; Kṣetrajña, Tapas, and Dhyāna-Yoga
Adhyātma-Upadeśa
एवं कर्म कृतं चित्र विषयस्थं पृथक् पृथक् । यथा कर्म कृतं लोके तथैतानुपपद्यते
evaṁ karma kṛtaṁ citraṁ viṣaya-sthaṁ pṛthak pṛthak | yathā karma kṛtaṁ loke tathaitān upapadyate ||
یوں اعمال طرح طرح کے ہیں اور اپنے اپنے میدان میں جدا جدا نتیجہ دیتے ہیں۔ اس دنیا میں جیسا عمل کیا جاتا ہے، ویسا ہی انجام سامنے آتا ہے۔
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Actions are domain-specific in their effects: each deed yields a corresponding result, and mismatched means cannot produce the intended end—just as a boat is for water and a chariot for land.
Vayudeva delivers a didactic statement explaining karmic correspondence, using everyday analogies (boat/land, chariot/water) to stress that beings reach different outcomes according to the particular actions they have performed.