Shloka 29
Karma-Phala Rahasya and the Ethics of Dāna (कर्मफल-रहस्यं दानधर्मश्च)
इत्येतदृषिणा प्रोक्तमुक्तवानस्मि यद् विभो । शुभाशुभफलप्राप्ती किमत: श्रोतुमिच्छसि
ity etad ṛṣiṇā proktam uktavān asmi yad vibho | śubhāśubha-phala-prāptī kim ataḥ śrotum icchasi ||
Bhīṣma nói: “Hỡi bậc hùng vĩ, ta đã thuật lại điều vị hiền triết đã tuyên thuyết. Về sự thọ nhận quả lành và quả dữ, ngươi còn muốn nghe thêm điều gì nữa?”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma signals the completion of a sage-derived instruction and frames it in terms of karma-phala: actions lead to auspicious or inauspicious results; he invites the listener to ask what further clarification is desired.
In the ongoing instruction, Bhīṣma concludes a cited teaching attributed to a ṛṣi and turns back to the interlocutor, asking what additional points about the gaining of good and bad outcomes the listener wants to hear next.