Shloka 41

अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः

The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex

Devanagari script

सर्वाणि कर्माणि पुरा कृतानि शुभाशुभान्यात्मनो यान्ति जन्तो: । उपस्थितं कर्मफलं विदित्वा बुद्धि तथा चोदयतेडन्तरात्मा

Transliteration

sarvāṇi karmāṇi purā kṛtāni śubhāśubhāny ātmano yānti jantoḥ | upasthitaṃ karmaphalaṃ viditvā buddhiṃ tathā codayate 'ntarātmā ||

Translation

پراشر نے کہا—پہلے کیے ہوئے تمام نیک و بد اعمال جاندار کے اپنے بن کر اسی کے ساتھ لگے رہتے ہیں۔ جب عمل کا پھل سامنے آ جاتا ہے تو اسے جان کر باطن کی روح (اندرونی آتما) عقل کو اسی کے مطابق ابھارتی ہے۔

Word by Word

सर्वाणिall

कर्माणिactions, deeds

पुराformerly, earlier

कृतानिdone, performed

शुभgood, auspicious

अशुभानिbad, inauspicious

आत्मनःof oneself

यान्तिgo, accrue, come (to)

जन्तोःof the creature, of the living being

उपस्थितम्present, arrived, come near

कर्मफलम्fruit/result of action

विदित्वाhaving known

बुद्धिःintellect, understanding

तथाthus, in that manner

चand

चोदयतेimpels, urges

अन्तरात्माthe inner self

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Parāśara

antarātmā (inner self)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Past actions—good and bad—inevitably mature into results for the individual, and when those results are due, the inner self prompts the intellect in a way that aligns one’s experience and choices with that ripened karma, emphasizing moral causality and personal responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Parāśara is instructing about karma: he explains how earlier deeds adhere to a person and, when their fruits become present, the inner self influences the person’s understanding and direction in life accordingly.