Shloka 11
Akṣara–Kṣara Viveka: Vasiṣṭha–Karāla-Janaka Saṃvāda (अक्षर-क्षर विवेकः)
स्वयं कृत्वा तु यः पापं शुभमेवानुतिष्ठति । प्रायश्षित्तं नर: कर्तुमुभयं सो$श्ुते पूृथक्,जो स्वयं जान-बूझकर पाप करनेके पश्चात् उसके प्रायश्ित्तके उद्देश्यसे शुभ कर्मका अनुष्ठान करता है, वह शुभ और अशुभ दोनोंका पृथक्-पृथक् फल भोगता है
svayaṃ kṛtvā tu yaḥ pāpaṃ śubham evānutiṣṭhati | prāyaścittaṃ naraḥ kartuṃ ubhayaṃ so 'śnute pṛthak ||
جو آدمی خود جان بوجھ کر گناہ کرے، پھر کفّارے کی نیت سے نیک عمل انجام دے، وہ نیکی اور بدی—دونوں کا پھل الگ الگ بھگتتا ہے۔
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Expiatory good deeds do not erase the causal fruit of a knowingly committed sin; rather, the agent receives the merit of the good act and also separately undergoes the demerit of the sinful act.
In Parāśara’s instruction on dharma and expiation, he explains how karma operates: after committing wrongdoing, a person may perform auspicious acts as prāyaścitta, yet the outcomes of the two kinds of actions remain distinct and are experienced accordingly.