Shloka 115
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
विरूप उवाच कामक्रोधौ विद्धि नौ त्वमावाभ्यां कारितो भवान् | सहेति च यदुक्तं ते समा लोकास्तवास्य च
virūpa uvāca kāmakrodhau viddhi nau tvam āvabhyāṃ kārito bhavān | saheti ca yad uktaṃ te samā lokās tavāsya ca ||
ویرُوپ نے کہا—اے راجن! جان لو کہ ہم دونوں کام اور کروध ہیں؛ ہماری ہی تحریک سے تم اس کام پر آمادہ ہوئے۔ اور تم نے جو ‘ساتھ’ پھل بھوگنے کی بات کہی، اس کے سبب تمہیں اور اس برہمن کو ایک جیسے لوک حاصل ہوں گے۔
विरूप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire (kāma) and anger (krodha) are identified as inner forces that propel harmful action; association and intention (‘together we shall share the result’) bind beings to comparable karmic outcomes, emphasizing ethical responsibility for one’s choices and alliances.
Virūpa reveals that the two agents behind the king’s conduct are personified Desire and Anger. He then states that because the king spoke of sharing the consequences together, the king and the brāhmaṇa involved will attain the same ‘loka’—the same resultant state after death—according to their linked action and resolve.